Red 2 and his right glove...
Crewroom gossip used to tell of a time long ago at Ballykelly (?) before the troubles in NI, and the liaison between Shackleton crews and the ladies who made shirts for the RAF in the factory just down the road. The RAF chaps had a competition at the local dance hall to dance with ladies who made different parts of the shirt - once they had danced with the makers of the components of a full garment then the cry of "shirt" would be heard from the dance floor. However, there were also female shouts of "crew" as the competition worked both ways.
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Which is why we practised releasing the Koch fasteners both when being dragged across the grass at AMTC North Luffenham and in the oggin at SCSR Mountbatten during pre-OCU courses. Our fasteners also had a pin to be released before the finger-biting Koch fasteners could be opened.
The USN harness uses Koch Fittings that would be very hard indeed to release with fully gloved hands.
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Which is why we practised releasing the Koch fasteners both when being dragged across the grass at AMTC North Luffenham and in the oggin at SCSR Mountbatten during pre-OCU courses. Our fasteners also had a pin to be released before the finger-biting Koch fasteners could be opened.
Seem to remember an A-10 Pilot drowned in the N Sea in very strong winds as he couldn`t undo the fasteners ,and his parachute didn`t have `spillage pockets` to collapse it....
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In my microlighting days, the radio and nav switches all seemed to be teeny weeny. Normal flying gloves didn't permit accurate selection, and I used cyclists' fingerless gloves. Naked fingers could feel and operate the switches satisfactorily and the material of the gloves at the palm enabled good grip of the control stick and throttle.
I first saw the use of these gloves about 30 years ago by an Indonesian pilot of a Bell 214 with miniaturised radios etc.
I first saw the use of these gloves about 30 years ago by an Indonesian pilot of a Bell 214 with miniaturised radios etc.
I'd say if you procured a tablet that didn't have a "glove compatible screen" you failed at the first hurdle. Many systems are fine with gloves, just not iPads!
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What can be done. Demonstrates why SpaceX build almost all their rockets and other equipment in house.
Large multi-screen touch displays, iPad remote back-up. Look at the smooth wall panels compared to the earlier Apollo/Soyuz capsules.
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-cre...uit-rehearsal/
On Thursday, an official NASA Astronaut account tweeted that SpaceX’s first two Commercial Crew astronauts had recently completed a dress rehearsal test of the spacesuits that they will wear during Crew Dragon’s inaugural crewed launch to the ISS. Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley participated in a full “suit-up & leak checks” rehearsal with their iconic SpaceX-built suits and the same Ground Support Equipment (GSE) hardware that will be used during Demo-2. This dress rehearsal also serves to familiarize the SpaceX and NASA ground support crew with the astronaut suit-up process, and multiple technicians and flight engineers are visible in the background.
The new spacesuits made their press debut last summer at a media event held at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Not only are they uniquely beautiful and modernist, but SpaceX’s spacesuits are also designed first and foremost with functionality in mind. SpaceX hired its own team of seamstresses and focused heavily on integrating 3D printing into suit production, resulting in an end-product that is simultaneously strikingly minimalistic and extremely usable. For example, the helmets Behnken and Hurley are seen wearing use 3D printing to integrate extremely complex life support systems, a built-in microphone and speaker communications array, a seamless multi-hinged visor, and more.
The suits are also designed to allow for easy maneuverability and a seamless user experience within the Dragon capsule. The attached gloves of the suit use conductive leather to allow the astronauts to interact with the Crew Dragon’s primary controls, a set of large touchscreens. Apple iPads will additionally be mounted directly on the thighs of the astronauts to serve as an even more convenient (and redundant) method of interfacing with Dragon’s controls, among other things........
Large multi-screen touch displays, iPad remote back-up. Look at the smooth wall panels compared to the earlier Apollo/Soyuz capsules.
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-cre...uit-rehearsal/
On Thursday, an official NASA Astronaut account tweeted that SpaceX’s first two Commercial Crew astronauts had recently completed a dress rehearsal test of the spacesuits that they will wear during Crew Dragon’s inaugural crewed launch to the ISS. Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley participated in a full “suit-up & leak checks” rehearsal with their iconic SpaceX-built suits and the same Ground Support Equipment (GSE) hardware that will be used during Demo-2. This dress rehearsal also serves to familiarize the SpaceX and NASA ground support crew with the astronaut suit-up process, and multiple technicians and flight engineers are visible in the background.
The new spacesuits made their press debut last summer at a media event held at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Not only are they uniquely beautiful and modernist, but SpaceX’s spacesuits are also designed first and foremost with functionality in mind. SpaceX hired its own team of seamstresses and focused heavily on integrating 3D printing into suit production, resulting in an end-product that is simultaneously strikingly minimalistic and extremely usable. For example, the helmets Behnken and Hurley are seen wearing use 3D printing to integrate extremely complex life support systems, a built-in microphone and speaker communications array, a seamless multi-hinged visor, and more.
The suits are also designed to allow for easy maneuverability and a seamless user experience within the Dragon capsule. The attached gloves of the suit use conductive leather to allow the astronauts to interact with the Crew Dragon’s primary controls, a set of large touchscreens. Apple iPads will additionally be mounted directly on the thighs of the astronauts to serve as an even more convenient (and redundant) method of interfacing with Dragon’s controls, among other things........
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