EGRESS FROM A SINGLE PLACE CREW STATION IN A WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT

摘要

This technical report presents the results of an in-house test program to establish design criteria for crew stations as related to crew member egress from a single place pilot's station in a weightless environment. The objectives were to investigate the egress problems associated with the panel layout of a minimum volume crew station and to establish optimum location of an overhead hatch for crew members wearing regular flight suits during an emergency egress condition.nA simulated single place crew station was designed and fabricated in-house and mounted in the Aeronautical Systems Division's zero gravity aircraft. An overhead hatch bulkhead was designed to be adjustable which allowed the egress task to be performed at different locations from the seat reference point (SRP).