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alexban
17th Aug 2008, 11:07
Hy. Anyone has or knows where I can find a training movie on decompression to show pilots the effect of rapid depresurization at high altitudes?
Brgds Alex
Not training material standard by any means, but YouTube contains several short clips including
YouTube - Effects Of Explosive Cabin Decompression On Crew (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EHGBQINW0B0&feature=related)
and
YouTube - Piaggio P-180 Avanti Rapid Decompression (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9UH8Pg_aY&feature=related)
This one, though, is prolly more like what you're after
YouTube - Pilots in Decompression Chamber (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SypAo09NGmc&feature=related)
NB the third link is NOT a decompression clip - it shows the effects of anoxia.
I would suggest you try one of the military for training videos of decompression chamber runs. I believe RAF North Luffenham (as was?) would have had some and there have been some on UK TV programmes. The RAF training has been taken over, I believe, by The RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine at RAF Henlow - you could try there? The standard 'run' in my day was in one chanber at 25,000ft and a diaphragm then ruptured between us and a chamber at 100,000ft taking us to around 56,000ft I recall. Perhaps a little dramatic for airline crew, though:)
re the third link I posted: Very true - should have made that clear in my post. I shall go stand in the corner for half an hour. :}
Malcolm G O Payne
18th Aug 2008, 17:32
I have a DVD issued by an Australian company promoting its hypoxia training device. If you are interested please send me a PM.
Checkboard
18th Aug 2008, 18:00
Write a nice letter to NASA. I saw some tests they did with crash test dummies - startling to watch a adult dummy strapped into a passenger seat get sucked head first out of a passenger window, when they blew out the window! I was surprised it could even fit!