eliminates the need for a LOX shop aboard ship
Just to expand on this for the uninitiated: LOX storage doesn't just takes up space, its also dangerous.
eliminates the need for a LOX shop aboard ship
If I am not mistaken, the -22 that crashed out in AK gave a fail/warning to the pilot. I get that they are saying the issue was pilot error and not the plane but still, seems like if they had made the survival systems better (little tiny pin to pull the emergency air that would be like a racoon trap) at least ergonomically in this case they guy would have survived. I'm sure if there was a fail safe on the bottle that auto started the on board system as well as a warning, there would be no qualms about flying it? Is that a good assumption? That being said, I believe that is actually the work around here. If there is emergency stash of air on board already, make it redundant with enough O2 to be able to get down from altitude and land safely (guess that defeats the purpose of long range work over enemy territory?) and go flying until a permanent fix comes up?
My apologies, my response was directed, sort of towards usmarinemike's part about having ejection seats and survival training. Didn't mean for it to come off that lame.Maybe its because I am not a racoon trapper (wtf?) but I could not really follow your stream of consciousness post. Here's a couple of thoughts that might answer some of your questions:
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While the F-22 is a lower density / higher profile asset, it can be argued that OBOGS equipped Hornets and all Supers have been suffering from systemic problems for longer. I get a VFA mask-on hypoxia HAZREP about once a week via the friendly spammers at WESS. OBOGS related hypoxia concerns have been in the VFA communities top three (of ten) for the past several years.
I have some cynical suspicions as to why the problem isn't yet fixed (and I've spent time on the phone with the Navy's "OBOGS guy" at NAVAIR) - but suffice it to say that the capability exists to fix the Hornet/Super Hornet problems so I hope this knowledge has been applied to JSF....
Silly helo pilot question here. Other than the time to actually fill the bottles and install in the jet, is there is benefit to OBOGS as compared to LOX?
Maybe it's me, but if the LOX system worked well and the OBOGS has issues, it would seem logical to go with the more reliable system in new airframes....
Are those really the only 3 choices I have?
I do it mostly because it pisses the misses off.