An emergency pod configured for use with a rotary wing aircraft is provided including a rigid, generally hollow shell. An inflatable raft is arranged within an interior portion of the hollow shell. The life raft is coupled to an inflation mechanism. A first activation device and a second activation device are operably coupled to the inflation mechanism, the second activation device being disposed within the shell and fastened to a movable portion of the shell, wherein the first activation device and the second activation device operable independently of one another. Inflation of the inflatable raft is initiated when a force is applied to one of the first activation device and the second activation device.
HELICOPTER EXTERNAL LIFE RAFT POD
EXTERNER RETTUNGSFLOSSHALTER FÜR EINEN HUBSCHRAUBER
NACELLE DE RADEAU DE SECOURS EXTERNE D'HÉLICOPTÈRE
2019-05-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
LIFE RAFT MANUFACTURING MOLD, LIFE RAFT MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND LIFE RAFT
European Patent Office | 2018
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