Airbags move to airplanes. (Tech Talk).The notion that an airbag can save the lives of car drivers and passengers also could be applied to airplanes. That is the marketing pitch from Amsafe Aviation, in Phoenix. Australia's Gippsland Aeronautics This article has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. will be the first to install Amsafe's Aviation Inflatable in·flat·a·ble adj. Designed to be filled with air or gas before use: an inflatable mattress. n. An object or device that can be filled with air or gas, especially: a. Restraint (AAIR AAIR Asthma and Allergy Information and Research AAIR Army Accident Investigation and Reporting AAIR Asynchronous Adaptive Incremental Redundancy AAIR AI Language Research Institute ) on its GA-8 six-passenger aircraft. The deployment of the airbag slows the body's movement forward, reducing the head impact, explained Amsafe's Zane Leake. Also, he noted, the cushion of air contained in the airbag allows the person to collide col·lide intr.v. col·lid·ed, col·lid·ing, col·lides 1. To come together with violent, direct impact. 2. into a soft bag rather than a hard surface. The AAIR -- already FAA certified -- resembles a normal seat belt in size and shape, but it contains an airbag that rapidly inflates upon sensing an impact. The airbag is folded into a sheath sheath (sheth) a tubular case or envelope. arachnoid sheath the continuation of the arachnoidea mater around the optic nerve, forming part of its internal sheath. on the fixed half of the lap restraint and safely deploys away from the passenger, only when a patented system of sensors activates it. The system is self-contained, modular and independent of aircraft power. The sensors are also designed to distinguish between various inputs such as a hard landing, severe in-flight turbulence and bumping the seat without setting off the airbag. |
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