Eaws (Vfa) - Phase Iii - Block V - Alss/egress

Front 1

What is the objective of the Egress System Checkout Certification Program?

Back 1

To thoroughly familiarize personnel working in and around the cockpit with ejection seats and the special hazards associated with those system.

Front 2

How often are seat checkout required?

Back 2

Every 6 months or after 90 days of TAD

Front 3

What is Hypoxia?

Back 3

Decrease in the amount of oxygen per unit volume of air,

Front 4

What should be ensured before entering the cockpit area?

Back 4

Ejection seat safety pins are installed and handle is in the safe position. Canopy jettison safety pin installed.

Front 5

What are the two types of Aviator's Breathing Oxygen (ABO) used in the Navy?

Back 5

Type I - Gaseous Oxygen MIL-0-272710D
Type II - LOX

Front 6

What is LOX?

Back 6

99.5% pure oxygen that exists as a liquid at atmospheric pressure, at -182.97 degree Celsius.

Front 7

What is the temperature of oxygen in its liquid form?

Back 7

-297 degrees Fahrenheit

Front 8

What is the LOX?

Back 8

862 to 1AExpansion ratio of 862 to 1 and can generate up to 12,000 PSI if allowed to evaporate in a sealed container.

Front 9

What is the safe distance when handling LOX?

Back 9

50 ft

Front 10

What are the minimum requirements for aircrew PPE?

Back 10

- Flight Suit
- Aviator Boots
- Anti-G Garment
- Helmet
- Survival Radio/Beacon
- Gloves
- Anti-exposure suit
- ID tags
- knife
- personal survival kit
- signal device
- flashlight
- life preserver
- laser eye protection

Front 11

What is the oxygen mask for?

Back 11

Designed for use with a regulator and provides breathing gas upon demand at a pressure schedule dependent upon altitude.

Front 12

What are oxygen regulator (CRU-103/P)?

Back 12

Chest mounted, positive pressure, g-mounted regulator that provides on demand oxygen flow to the aircew.

Front 13

What is the LPU-36/P Life Preserver?

Back 13

A low profile floatation collar equipped with the Flu-8B/P automatic/manual inflation assembly; authorized for use only with aircraft equipped with the ejection seat system.

Front 14

What is the Anti-G suit?

Back 14

Consist of a bladder system encased in a fire-resistant cloth, as G-force increase the bladders automatically inflates to apply pressure on the body and restrict the downward flow of blood to aircrew feet and waist lessening the effects of black out.

Front 15

What are Parachute Harness Sensing Release Unit (PHSRU)?

Back 15

A sea water activated release system that provides a back up automatic mode of separating the parachute from the aircrew.

Front 16

What is the Helmet Mounted Display Unit (HDU)?

Back 16

Miniature display components, which allow symbology to be projected onto the visor and superimposed in the operators view. It also provide a way of recording real-world view by routing the video to the cockpit recording system (CVRS)

Front 17

What is the purpose of the ejection seat?

Back 17

To provide aircrew a place to sit during normal conditions and for propelling occupant out during emergency situations.

Front 18

What is ejection seat used?

Back 18

SJU-17A(V) 2/A series

Front 19

What is the SJU-17A(V) 2/A series?

Back 19

A variant of NACES, it's automatic, cartridge operated, and rocket assisted. Ejection is initiated by pulling the ejection control handle located on the front of the seat bucket.

Front 20

What is the ejection seat system?

Back 20

Operated by ballistic gas pressure, produced by ejection seat initiators that fire when the ejection control handle is pulled, traveling through the system.

Front 21

The emergency oxygen is _______ activated during ejection by a lanyard connected to the cockpit floor.

Back 21

Automatically activated

Front 22

What is the canopy system?

Back 22

It is a pyrotechnically operated emergency canopy removal.

Front 23

What does the Canopy System provide?

Back 23

The capability to explosively jettison the canopy from the aircraft in the case of emergency.

Front 24

Canopy jettison is ____ when seat ejection is initiated.

Back 24

Automatic

Front 25

A CANOPY JETT lever in the cockpit _______ initiates canopy jettison without initiating seat ejection.

Back 25

Manually

Front 26

How is the canopy normally opened/closed during ground maintenance?

Back 26

By electrical means, using external canopy control switch or an internal canopy control switch.

Front 27

What proved backup operation of the canopy when electrical power is unavailable or when electrical control fails?

Back 27

Manual controls

Front 28

What does the ECS provide?

Back 28

- Air supply
- Thermal Control
- Cabin pressurization for the crew
- Avionics cooling
- smoke detection and fire system

Front 29

Where does the Air supplied by ECS being bled from?

Back 29

Compressor stage of the turbine engines, upstream of the combustor.

Front 30

What are the 12 subsystems of the ECS?

Back 30

- Bleed air control
- Bleed air leak detection
- Air cycle conditioning
- Cabin Cooling and Defog
- Avionics cooling
- Cabin pressurization
- Anti-G/vent suit
- OBOGS
- Windshield anti-ice and rain removal
- RADAR liquid cooling
- Canopy Seal
- Wave guide pressurization

Front 31

What is the Bleed Air System consist of?

Back 31

Clamped, insulated metal ducts (tubs) of many sizes and shapes which connect system control valves and sensors.

Front 32

What does the Bleed Air System supply?

Back 32

Hot, high pressure engine bleed air for the ECS, OBOGS and external fuel tank pressurization.

Front 33

What is the purpose of the Air Cycle Air Conditioning System?

Back 33

Cools and conditions engine bleed air for use in ECS and other system.

Front 34

What is the ANTI-G system made up of?

Back 34

Tubing and a valve which delivers regulated air pressure to the pilot's anti-g suit.

Front 35

What does the Anti-G system provide?

Back 35

Reduce the fatiguing effects of exposure to positive and negative g-forces.

Front 36

What is the On-board Oxygen Generation System (OBOGS) consist of?

Back 36

Series of lines, valves and a concentrator that regulate pressure, control flow and distribute oxygen to the crew station.

Front 37

What does the Fire Detection system monitor?

Back 37

- AMAD
- APU
- Engine bay
for fires or overheat conditions.

Front 38

What does the Fire Detection System provide to the pilot?

Back 38

Audible and visual warning of the fire or overheat conditions.

Front 39

What is the Fire Extinguishing System?

Back 39

Uses a single fire extinguisher tank with 3 distribution lines, one for the APU and one for each of the engine/AMAD bays. The system is one shot, one bay system.

Front 40

What is the Dry Bay Fire Suppression System (DBFSS)

Back 40

Installed on Super Hornets, suppresses fire events associated with ballistic damage to the aircraft before a significant fire occurs.