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Product
Testing and Manufacturing
Extensive Product Testing One Part
Of Success |
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| Oregon Aero conducts extensive product testing
and research and reacts quickly to test data, using what we
learn to improve and diversify product designs. We also continually
evaluate and refine manufacturing processes and use high-tech
and low-tech methods, often creating proprietary equipment. |
Oregon
Aero® Seat Certified to FAA 23.562
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| Oregon
Aero has the expertise to help production airplane manufacturers
design, certify and install seat systems
that satisfy all FAA 14 CFR 23.562 regulations, requirements
and dynamic tests. The Oregon Aero® High-G® Seat
complements TSO C114 restraint systems to help protect occupants
involved in survivable accidents. The High-G® Seat, as well as Oregon
Aero® Seat Cushion Systems
also pass the FAA-required 19G lumbar load (download) survivability
test. |
Seat
Cushion
Testing:
Cushions Pass Full Scale 19G Lumbar Load Test |
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| FULL
SCALE, REAL TIME TEST — While a highly modified seat
with Oregon Aero cushions was used in the pictured test conducted
at NASA a few years ago — and the Oregon Aero cushions
passed the test — Oregon Aero is developing a complete
seat (frame, pan and cushions, with and without legs) that
will pass this test and be comfortable, reliable and affordable. |
What’s
This Test All About?
It’s not fun to look at, but these
photos show a full scale, real time test of a severe but
survivable airplane crash in soft soil conditions, at 70
mph and with a 30 degree nose-down impact. Oregon
Aero® Seat Cushion systems were used in the the pictured test conducted
at NASA several years ago - and the Oregon Aero® cushions
passed the test. |
| Oregon
Aero Cushions Pass European Test |
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Oregon
Aero provided the consulting engineering expertise and seat
cushions that enabled CAP Aviation’s CAP 222 to pass
the required European lumbar load survivability test during
the certification process. The maximum permissable lumbar
compression in the test is 680kg; the test with Oregon Aero
seat cushions was 560kg, achieved during the first test. |
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BUOYANCY
READINGS — Oregon Aero employee takes an hourly buoyancy
reading during flotation testing of a seat cushion designed
for the Sikorsky H-60 helicopter. |
Materials
Meet Or Exceed 14 CFR (FAR) 25.853(a)
For Fire Resistance |
| REAL
LIFE TEST — A customer sent us these photos of her
Maule, burned in a hangar fire which destroyed 11 airplanes,
and
told us, "The windscreen is melted onto the instrument
panel, but the (Oregon Aero®) seat
cushions look untouched!
The fire inspector said the temperatures in the hangar were
over 1400 degrees." All materials used in Oregon
Aero® seat cushion systems
meet or exceed 14 CFR (FAR) 25.853(a) (FAA Flammability
requirements). |
| Aviation
Helmet Upgrade Testing Shows Significant Impact Reduction |
Drop
tower testing revealed transmitted impact loads were reduced
25-35% in this fixed wing fighter helmet equipped with
the
Oregon Aero® ZetaLiner® helmet liner and SoftSeal/HushKit® Combo ear seals and insulation kit, compared to
the original helmet. Tests were conducted at Wright Patterson
Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.
In this standard
ANSI 290.21 helmet test, a 5 kg. head form is placed in the
helmet and both are raised approximately 40" in the air,
then dropped to produce an impact velocity of 10 ft./second.
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