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Military bailout bottle refill
I have a military bailout bottle, and the bottle is empty. It appears
that the lanyard has been pulled. I do not know anything about these bottles, but it looks like there is some sort of "valve" or a one use plug in the hose that the lanyard actually breaks or ???? Are these worth refilling, and where could this be done? It is in excellent shape. Thanks! |
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Military bailout bottle refill
Depending on if it's old or REALLY old, the small bail-out bottles
don't need to be hydro'ed (unlike the big bottles). The one I have uses a slotted collet (like a slotted screw head, but larger) to close the valve after the lanyard is pulled (letting out ALL the oxygen...pretty quickly, I might add). If yours is older, it may have a significantly different valve. I believe mine came off of a B-1B bomber. For a replacement bottle, see: http://www.aviationhelmets.com/bailout.htm The place I used to fill mine would sometimes charge me the same to fill this tiny bottle as they would a full size ("E") bottle. You'll likely need a pressure breathing mask to hook to it... When I fly wave, I use this setup, and so does Bob "Chuckar" Spielman. It's really not useful for anything but an emergency descent (either full spoiler/redline descent, or descent using the silk of a parachute). On the order of 10 minutes of pressure breathing (you have to force to EX-hale). Chuckar once did a flight test to see if he could descend his 1-26 from 25,000 feet to 10,000 feet in the time his bailout would last for. You might try an Air Products or oxygen filling service. Being in SoCal, I tend to go to AirSource, in Long Beach on Cherry avenue, about 200 yards off the departure end of LGB Runway 30. Mmmmm, beautiful noise! -Pete #309 wrote: I have a military bailout bottle, and the bottle is empty. It appears that the lanyard has been pulled. I do not know anything about these bottles, but it looks like there is some sort of "valve" or a one use plug in the hose that the lanyard actually breaks or ???? Are these worth refilling, and where could this be done? It is in excellent shape. Thanks! |
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Military bailout bottle refill
If anyone is interested, I have an old one of these, and would entertain any
reasonble offer. It still has O2 in it, as I never had to use it. Al G wrote in message oups.com... I have a military bailout bottle, and the bottle is empty. It appears that the lanyard has been pulled. I do not know anything about these bottles, but it looks like there is some sort of "valve" or a one use plug in the hose that the lanyard actually breaks or ???? Are these worth refilling, and where could this be done? It is in excellent shape. Thanks! |
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Military bailout bottle refill
Pulling the green "apple" shears off a small diameter tube that has a
closed end. The tube acts as a metering orifice as the bottle empties. They are intended to feed pressure demand masks after the mask has been disconnected from the regulator. There is a valve that closes the end of the mask hose. I've had one of these on the shelf since I visited the chamber at Edwards about 25 years ago. If I had ever used it I intended to unscrew the complete assembly from the bottle and replace it with a reusable valve. I'd guess it could give a useful duration if connected to an EDS system. Mine is still full and likely to stay that way. Andy |
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