Bob
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
Posts: 89
Location: Damascus, Maryland, USA
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 Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:29 am Post subject: Survivability (was door locks) |
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I'm not sure if you were serious about leaving access, but don't worry about doing something special for emergency medical services (EMS). They are used to steel car doors and I've seen them go through the windshield of a Canadair Challenger, which is nearly 2 inches thick. A Kitfox door will probably pop open on impact and even if not, and it is jammed so bad the latch doesn't work, the door will be gone as soon as a big gloved hand pulls hard. As the Borg would say, "resistance is futile."
Survivability is generally about deceleration in a survivable space without fire. Unless falling out of a stall (bad in any tube airplane), these airplanes are slow enough that survivability is pretty good in typical landing and takeoff accidents.
Interesting to note that for off-airport ops, the Supercub crowd is increasingly using helmets after realizing that something like 3/4 of their fatailities have been head injuries (search www.supercub.org for specifics).
Bob
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