Slide deployment in strong winds
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Slide deployment in strong winds
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Has anybody reliable information up to what wind speeds (head/cross) slides on the 737 will be usable in case of an evacuation?
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Has anybody reliable information up to what wind speeds (head/cross) slides on the 737 will be usable in case of an evacuation?
Thanks!
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Which 737???? Classic or New Gen??? Whatever I know of the slide mechanism its got nothing to do with how much gusts its deployed in!!!
Would be interesting to know if someone can come up with a specific figure......Sorry cant give your answer but can explain how it works....if that helps.....
Would be interesting to know if someone can come up with a specific figure......Sorry cant give your answer but can explain how it works....if that helps.....
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I am talking about the classics.
The figure I am looking for is actually not the max. windspeed where the slides will still inflate correctly, I am looking for the max windspeed before they get blown all over the place and are unusable after deployment.
The figure I am looking for is actually not the max. windspeed where the slides will still inflate correctly, I am looking for the max windspeed before they get blown all over the place and are unusable after deployment.
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Thanks for the number. Do you have an idea where I could find it written down, black on white?
Situation came up some weeks ago as we landed in a headwind of 65kts.
At some point on the return flight we asked ourselves "What if we would have needed to evacuate..."
Situation came up some weeks ago as we landed in a headwind of 65kts.
At some point on the return flight we asked ourselves "What if we would have needed to evacuate..."
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Should be in your "Limitations" section. I'm sorry I can't provide a reference since I don't fly the 73 anymore - moved to smaller and better things 
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The original girt strength tests in the TSO were designed to assure that the attachment point of the slide to the aircraft would support the in-use loads expected. These tests included: 1)
a 1050 lb. static loading of the girt, produced by placing sandbags on the escape slide erected to nominal doorsill height, or an angle not greater
than 300, and 2) a lateral loading of the girt, produced by a 25-knot wind directed horizon-tally, parallel to the ground, against the side of the escape slide longitudinal beam.
hi.....this is the only number i came across researching this matter, since i did ask the what if? question also
by that i mean the 25 kts wind speed
this comes from a document labelled..." inflatable escape slide beam and girt strength tests..support for technical standard order(TSO) C-69b" DOT/FAA/AM-98/3
i would really appreciate the input on the matter...am sure the numbers are burried somewhere.. i cannot believe that a max demo x-wind limit of say 38kts for an A320 would not take into account escape slide at least equal to that number...
a 1050 lb. static loading of the girt, produced by placing sandbags on the escape slide erected to nominal doorsill height, or an angle not greater
than 300, and 2) a lateral loading of the girt, produced by a 25-knot wind directed horizon-tally, parallel to the ground, against the side of the escape slide longitudinal beam.
hi.....this is the only number i came across researching this matter, since i did ask the what if? question also
by that i mean the 25 kts wind speed
this comes from a document labelled..." inflatable escape slide beam and girt strength tests..support for technical standard order(TSO) C-69b" DOT/FAA/AM-98/3
i would really appreciate the input on the matter...am sure the numbers are burried somewhere.. i cannot believe that a max demo x-wind limit of say 38kts for an A320 would not take into account escape slide at least equal to that number...
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Thanks for the links. I guess I'm going to print it out and eventually have a cup of coffee with one of the safety pilots. I'm really interested in their opinion on this...
But the "cover your ass"-essence of this would be - do not operate with more than 28kts of wind, of course that is operational impossible but interesting to think about...
But the "cover your ass"-essence of this would be - do not operate with more than 28kts of wind, of course that is operational impossible but interesting to think about...
