Centrifuge model, human
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WORKING/1:12 SCALE
- DATE
- 1971
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0529.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ND DCIEM
- MODEL
- RCAF ACCELERATOR
- LOCATION
- Downsview, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 147.0 cm
- Width
- 147.0 cm
- Height
- 175.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Defence CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Downsview
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
MODEL OF MACHINE USED BY CANADIAN SCIENTISTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARK III F.F.S. (FRANKS FLYING SUIT), THE FIRST ANTI-G-SUIT TO BE USED IN ACTUAL AIR OPERATION, INITIALLY IN THE BATTLE OF ORAN BY THE ROYAL NAVY FLEET AIR ARM IN 1942. - Function
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OPERATING MODEL OF CENTRIFUGE USED TO SPIN SUBJECTS AT GREAT SPEED SO AS TO SIMULATE CONDITIONS PILOTS WOULD EXPERIENCE IN A RAPIDLY ACCELERATING AIRCRAFT, IN ORDER TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPERIMENTAL G-SUITS. - Technical
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MODEL OF THE FIRST MACHINE OF ITS KIND ON THE ALLIED SIDE IN W.W. II (GERMANY HAD A SMALLER, LESS EFFICIENT CENTRIFUGE). WITH ITS AID, ANTI-G-SIUTS TO PROTECT PILOTS FROM HIGH GRAVITY FORCES DURING RAPID ACCELERATION & ALLEVIATE THE MAJORPROBLEM OF PILOT BLACKOUT WERE DEVELOPED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- None
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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ND DCIEM, Centrifuge model, human, circa 1971, Artifact no. 1976.0529, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1976.0529.001/
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