C-17 Flashcards
what’s the Circle of safety
10ft from Nose, Tail and both wing tips
C17 Ground Evacuation - One long sustained ring
Abandon aircraft immediately
C17 In flight - six short rings
Prepare for ditching/crash landing
C17 Ground evacuation exits:
Pilot/copilot windows, maintenance ditching hatch, crew entry door, Forward emergency escape door, both paratroop doors, cargo ramp
C17 Ditching exits
Pilot/copilot windows, maintenance,ditching hatch, (4)Feds
C17 Raising the paratroop door too fast may damage what?
The upstops
C17 Where are the FED initiators?
-Maintenance/ditching hatch
-Forward loadmaster station
-FEDs hatches
-Outside the aft maintenance/ditching hatch, edge of left wing
Infant cot should be limited to infants of __ months of age and or less; and up to __lbs
18 months; 30 pounds
Whats the pneumonic word when using the Halon 1211 fire extinguisher and how far should you be from heat source when using it?
P-ull
A-im
S-queeze
S-weep
8ft away
C17 how many first aid kits can be placed on the aircraft? how many are there physically on the aircraft?
-Provisions for a total of 26
-6 physically on the aircraft
C17 O2
Therapeutic- Two 75L Lox (5 outlets on R side)
Emergency- 60 Dixie cups (14 panels on L and R side)
Crew- 25L Lox (RH & PDR)
C17 Electrical
-(400Hz) 20 Amps both L&R
-(60Hz) 30 Amps for whole aircraft
=70 Amps total
*Not to exceed 30 Amps for whole aircraft
C17 Floor load
-48 litters on cargo floor
-12 litters on ramp
=60 max floor load
*Configuration: 8 rows of two groups of 3
EPOS
-lasts 5 to 60 min
-Max altitude is Flt lvl 410
-Cylinder contains 18L of gaseous oxygen
PBE
-15 min
-Max altitude Flt lvl 400
