AIRCRAFT AIRBAG SYSTEMS

AMS Systems Engineering has been supplying Pneumatic Aircraft Recovery Systems to Airlines and Airport Authorities since 1988.

AMS have available, standard recovery systems for most civil and military aircraft. The flexibility of AMS recovery systems means that any system can be customised to meet the customer’s specific requirement.

Standard AMS recovery systems use two types of bags with capacities of 40 tonne and 30 tonne, these sizes are suitable for most recovery scenarios. AMS also supply 12 tonne bags, 15 tonne bags, 20 tonne bags and 26 tonne airbags for aircraft with smaller lifting areas. Other capacities and sizes of bags can be manufactured to suit specific aircraft. All lifting capacities are calculated at an airbag working pressure of 7.5 p.s.i. Therefore lower pressures mean lower lifting capacities.

Each Airbag element is constructed from a specially woven neoprene coated reinforced fabric, to a stringent manufacturing specification, that maintains quality and durability during operation, together with a long life expectancy.

To lift an Aircraft at one point, would require a number of Single Element Airbags or 1 Multi-stack Airbag. Each element has a maximum lifting height of 200mm (8”) therefore to lift an aircraft 3m (10ft) would require 15 single element airbags placed on top of each other.

Each single element is inflated individually, giving the operator complete control of the lift and also retaining the maximum amount of rigidity.