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Figure 3-9.--External canopy and hatch jettison initiator.
Shielded Mild-Detonating Cord One-Way Transfer

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STRUCTURE
INTERNAL HANDLE
INITIATOR
QUICK-RELEASE
PIN
SQUEEZE-TO-PULL
TYPE HANDLE
TRANSFER
BOOSTER
ASSEMBLY
CAP
SPRING
OUTLET
PORT FOR
SMDC
ASSEMBLY
BODY
SEAR PIN
SAFETY PIN
FIRING PIN
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Figure 3-10.--Internal canopy and hatch jettison initiator.
hatches can be actuated by the external jettison
initiators or by the pilot/copilot internal jettison
initiator.
FILLET
The TACCO or SENSO hatch explosive charges
HATCH
can be actuated individually by the respective TACCO
or SENSO handle/initiator.
CANOPY
Fillet-Severance Explosive-Shaped
Charge
Each right and left upper wing-to-fuselage fillet has
an explosive-shaped charge attached near the outer and
rear fillet attachments (fig. 3-11). The explosive-shaped
charge cuts the attached fillet from the aircraft to allow
complete egress of the respective hatch. A fillet support
is cut by a second explosive-shaped charge attached at
the bottom.
FLEXIBLE LINEAR
SHAPED CHARGE
CHARGE HOLDER
(LEAD SHEATH)
(SILICONE RUBBER)
The fillet-support severance explosive-shaped
FIBERGLASS
VOID
RETAINER
charge is attached at the bottom of the internal fillet
support to cut the support, allowing the fillet to separate
from the aircraft during the emergency egress system
operation.
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Figure 3-11.--Fillet FLSC assembly.
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