Crash safety shock verifies that equipment will not detach from its mountings. Rtca do160g provides standard procedures and environmental test criteria for testing airborne equipment for the entire spectrum of aircraft from light general aviation aircraft and helicopters through the jumbo jets and sst categories of aircraft. Changes from do 160f temperature and altitude testing to do 160g temperature and altitude testing. Foreword this document was prepared by special committee 5 sc5 and was approved by the rtca program management committee pmc on december 16, 2014. This section defines test conditions and procedure for fire and flammability resistance. Task group chairman on arp5583 section 7, level a system test. Rtca do160g, published by rtca, is the standard that provides. User guide for section 7 operational shocks and crash. Temperature and altitude testing keystone compliance. Appendix 1 of this ac provides a summary of the changes from rtca do 160c to rtca do 160d, version d to e, version e to f, and f to g. Requirement added for operation of equipment in its most susceptible mode for all environmental tests, not just susceptibility tests. The test is not intended to verify the behavior of the equipment in wet or icing conditions.
Sections 4 and 5 of rtca do 160 combine an aircrafts cruising altitude with the. The temperature and altitude tests determine the performance characteristics of equipment at the. The document includes 26 sections and three appendices. The compliance to these requirements is validated by performing a combined test.
The specification for the procedure is taken from rtca do 160g section 4 cat b2 and section 5 category b. The temperature and altitude tests determine the performance characteristics of equipment at the applicable categories for the temperatures and altitudes specified in table 4 1 and at the pressures defined in table 4 2. The temperature variation test is combined to include the procedures of the ground survival low temperature, shorttime. Ac 2116g rtca document do160 versions d, e, f, and g. The information in the table will assist you in determining if a particular version of rtca do 160 is acceptable.
Operational performance specification for crash protected airborne recorder systems, dated. If you are an applicant installing equipment, you may use rtca do 160, any version, to. Section 4 temperature and altitude section 5 temperature variation section 6 humidity section 7 operational shocks and crash safety section 8 vibration section 9 explosive atmosphere section 10 waterproofness section 11 fluid susceptibility section 12 sand and dust section fungus section 14 saltread more. Do160, environmental conditions and test procedures for airborne equipment is a standard. Components sections 4 and 5 from june 1997, and eurocae ed14e rtca do160e. Environmental test labs national institute for aviation research. The faa strongly encourages the use of rtca do 160g for new articles. Ars500c do160g environmental test results churchill.
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