Fall Testing of the Personal Airborne Equipment Backpack: Ground and Flight Testing

This article evaluated the functionality and reliability of personal airborne equipment backpack TL-98 before its launch in military parachute operations. An objective this project was verification TL-98’s characteristics which could be important terms safety operation parachute, i.e., during flight fall tests. A major effort within research focused on tests standard operational conditions. The strength backpack’s anchorage points (by is attached to harness) verified by test, where it dropped from aircraft at maximum operating speed weight backpack; had been increased multiplying a factor 1.2. During backpack, after disconnection harness (during ground test jump), anchoring eye rope with connected were verified. Another collection information define lifetime, serves for dropping TL-98. To fulfill goal, impact forces measured using force sensor. values then calculated compared experiment. Using experimentally obtained results their comparison results, lifetime parachuting operations determined basis predetermined criteria.