Hypobaric Facility

The facility enables assessment of human performance at altitude and the testing of aircraft oxygen life support systems and equipment.

Our Hypobaric Chamber can precisely simulate the cabin altitudes of all types of military and commercial aircraft, including gradual or rapid loss of cabin pressure.

Typically the chamber is used to assess the effectiveness of aircraft life support systems using both manned and unmanned tests. It is also used for aeromedical research and aircrew training.

Features include:

• A 70 kPa pressure change can be conducted in less than 0.1 second, equating to a decompression from 8,000ft to 65,000ft
• Controlled by highly experienced pressure chamber operators and specialist medical staff
• Supply of oxygen for breathing
• Compressed air supply for the inflation of aircrew protective clothing
• Intercom system for communication between occupants and operators
• Video system enables monitoring and recording of all studies
• Instrumentation ports pass through the Chamber walls
• Three compartments, the largest holding up to eight people
• Simulates altitudes in excess of 100,000ft
• Variety of rapid decompression profiles are available
• Observation windows