MECHANICAL AIRCRAFT SILL HEIGHT INDICATOR

An evacuation system (100) is provided. The system may comprise a door sill (104), a girt (110) coupled to the door sill (104), a slide coupled to the girt, and a measurement device coupled the girt and/or the slide. The measurement device (112) may further comprise a line (113) having a predetermin...

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Main Authors HARTMAN, Drew, VOLNY, Jaro S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 12.04.2023
Subjects
AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An evacuation system (100) is provided. The system may comprise a door sill (104), a girt (110) coupled to the door sill (104), a slide coupled to the girt, and a measurement device coupled the girt and/or the slide. The measurement device (112) may further comprise a line (113) having a predetermined length and a weight (114) coupled to the line (113), and the measurement device (112) may be configured to adjust a length of the slide (106) in response to a position of the weight (114). A method is also provided. The method includes opening a door to expose a door sill (104), inflating the emergency slide (106) with the emergency slide (106) coupled to the door sill (104), and deploying a measurement device (112) configured to measure a height of the door sill (104) from a surface. The measurement device (112) may comprise a line (113) coupled to the door sill (104) and a buoyant weight (114) coupled to the line (113), and wherein the line (113) has a predetermined length.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20160184617