Low pressure chamber

This is a simulation at naval aircrew candidate school to experience the effects of hypoxia. The air is sucked out of the chamber until the O2 content is the same as if there was a loss of cabin pressure at 25,000 ft. Students are then instructed to remove their masks and are given simple tasks such as the "Pensacola patty-cake". After about 3 minutes coordination goes out the window for most people, dizziness and euphoria set in, extremities loose blood and go numb, and eventually you'll go unconscious. The instructor called me (helmet L19) and my partner "a couple of hard chargers" when we were still going at about 4 minutes.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• navy
• aircrew
• low
• pressure
• chamber

[nitestryker7]

I remember seeing this when I was there. Did they still have that a-hole PT instructor? Cant remember his name...Mr Ruber maybe?

[navallint]

@nitestryker7 I don't remember his name but there was an older guy who seemed to get a lot of enjoyment out of kicking people's asses when they started to fall behind. He always wore a ball cap and a camel-back I think.

[nitestryker7]

@navallint was he a dark skinned white guy who was kinda short and had gray hair? Retired navy I think...

[navallint]

@nitestryker7 Yea, that was him.

[navallint]

You'll also have to go through all the "Disneyland" stuff: helo dunker, parachute drag, some kind of underwater door lock simulation, manual inflation of SV2, and a few other fun ones. It's been four years since I was there so I imagine some things have changed. Talk to an aircrewman or a recruiter and they should be able to tell you everything you need to know.

[navallint]

You have to be able to demonstrate a proper side stroke, freestyle, breast stroke, and back stroke pretty early on. After that you'll do laps with increasing amounts of gear, e.g., flight suit, boots, SV2, and helmet. You'll have to jump off a10' platform with boots and a flight suit and stay submerged to the other side of the pool. The final test is swimming a mile in just a flight suit without touching the bottom or sides of the pool.

[kopronica92]

what are the swimming qualifications for NACCS?

[jbaker001200]

im about to do this in 15 minutes, cant wait.....

[wastedrubber]

haha i remember this training, some of the candidates used childrens toys too, good stuff

[SailorMav]

Morter your gay... and a horrible deck captain.... see ya at muster haha