Therefore, details on the explosive loads and final assembly of this canopy fracture approach, necessary to assure functional performance, are not included. ITAR regulations restrict information on improving the performance of weapon systems. To comply with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and permit public disclosure, this document addresses only the principles of explosive fracturing of the F-16 canopy materials and the end result.
In addition to expanding crew escape envelopes, this canopy fracture approach offers the potential for reducing system complexity, weight and cost, while increasing overall reliability, compared to current canopy jettison approaches. Contains high quality discussions and has a gentle but strict moderation. All goals and objectives were met in a full-scale test demonstration. Military aviation forum mainly focusing on the F-16, F-35 and F-22 jet fighters. Minimize the resistance of the canopy to seat penetration. Maintain the shape of the canopy after functioning to prevent major pieces from entering the cockpit, and 6. Minimize internal debris on explosive activation, 4. Mount the explosive materials on the exterior of the canopy within the mold line, 2.
3-6) enables the groundcrew to jettison the canopy during ground emergency conditions. The objectives of this effort were to: 1. One initiator is actuated with the CANOPY JETTISON handle on the pilot right instrument panel the other initiator, with the CANOPY JETTISON handle on the NFO right instrument panel. The goal of the effort described in this paper was to demonstrate a method of explosively fracturing the F-16 polycarbonate canopy to allow through-canopy crew ejection. At 800K a set and very limited supply the canopies were not cheap.
Someone looked at the stats and realized it had never been used for the design purpose but had many instances of it being used by mistake, including by those that should know better. However, the advent of heavy, high-strength polycarbonate canopies for bird-strike resistance has not only increased jettison times, but has made seat penetration impossible. Eventually we just disconnected all the external handle canopy jettison handles on the Prowler. Adverse aircraft attitude and reduced forward flight speed can further increase the times for canopy jettison. Explosive Fracturing of an F-16 Canopy for Through-Canopy Crew Egress Through-canopy crew egress, such as in the Harrier (AV-8B) aircraft, expands escape envelopes by reducing seat ejection delays in waiting for canopy jettison.
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