USAF F-35 cold wx survival kit prototype overachieves
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a29863015/f-35-survival-kit/
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/arc...velopers-during-way-below-zero-trial-1.607944
The survival kit space in the F-35 ejection seat is about 2/3 the size of the one in the F-16. The squadron in Alaska slated to get F-35s is working out a survival kit to keep a pilot alive (not necessarily happy) for 24 hours in -40 degree F air temperature. Four pilots (including the squadron commander, which is...er...cool...) tested deploying the kit and using it for six hours at -40F in a cold room at Univ of Alaska Fairbanks. The pilots recorded temps with digital thermometers as they went along.
Except that partway through the test the squadron commander asked for an old fashioned mercury thermometer to double check the electronic ones. He found out the actual temperature was below -65F.
But the gear kept them warm enough, if not comfy.
Brrr.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a29863015/f-35-survival-kit/
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/arc...velopers-during-way-below-zero-trial-1.607944
The survival kit space in the F-35 ejection seat is about 2/3 the size of the one in the F-16. The squadron in Alaska slated to get F-35s is working out a survival kit to keep a pilot alive (not necessarily happy) for 24 hours in -40 degree F air temperature. Four pilots (including the squadron commander, which is...er...cool...) tested deploying the kit and using it for six hours at -40F in a cold room at Univ of Alaska Fairbanks. The pilots recorded temps with digital thermometers as they went along.
Except that partway through the test the squadron commander asked for an old fashioned mercury thermometer to double check the electronic ones. He found out the actual temperature was below -65F.
But the gear kept them warm enough, if not comfy.
Brrr.
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