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rocket sled [′räk·ət ‚sled] (aerospace engineering) A sled that runs on a rail or rails and is accelerated to high velocities by a rocket engine; the sled is used in determining G tolerances and for developing crash survival techniques. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A flight surgeon, Stapp was a pioneer in aerospace medicine and automotive safety who personally rode 600-mph rocket sleds in the late 1940s and 1950s as he researched the effects of extreme acceleration and deceleration on the human body. From 1947 to 1954, Stapp volunteered for rocket sled decelerationexperiments, which were done to see how much gravity force - G force - a man could withstand. Charles Engram of Lancaster has fond memories of his 10 years as foreman of the maintenance crew in charge of the liquid rocket engine test operation at Edwards Air Force Base's rocket sled track. |
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