Floor to ceiling pole structure
Quickly installed and removed
Floor to ceiling pole structure
Quickly installed and removed
Trooper and Gunner Seat
Since the 1940s, Martin-Baker has been the world leader in the design and production of aircraft seating systems that prevent injuries and fatalities caused by accidents. Our seat products are found in all types of commercial and military aircraft. The Troop and Gunner seats were designed and developed to meet the new improved crash requirements of the UH60M Blackhawk using Martin-Baker’s patented energy attenuation technology.
Both seats are designed and tested to MIL-S-85510 using the latest military standards for occupant size and weight. The troop seat is qualified for fore and aft facing installations. The gunner seat is qualified for side facing installations. Both seats incorporate a fold-up sitting platform with a hardwearing sitting sling. The gunner seat is fitted with 3 accelerations sensing MA-16 type inertia reels and a stand-up harness that allows the user 48” of webbing payout to manoeuvre around the cabin.
Both seats are integrated to a floor-to-ceiling pole structure. The lower pole fitting attaches to floor studs and upper fittings attach to ceiling interface points with quick release fittings. Installation and removal take less than one minute and no tools are required.
New Seat Installations & Retrofits
Looking to install a new seat into your aircraft? Let us help you find your perfect solution – check out our New Seat Installations & Retrofits page for more information.
Trooper and Gunner Seat
- HEIGHT: With headrest 50.5” (128cm); No headrest 41.3” (105cm)
- WIDTH: With armrest 19.4” (49cm); No armrest 17.7” (45cm)
- DEPTH: 23.9” (61cm)
- WEIGHT: 20lb – 23lb (9kg – 10kg)
- Ergonomically designed for small female and large male occupants
- Meets latest civilian safety requirements
- Lightweight and affordable
- Quickly installed or removed
- Easily installed in other aircraft
Trooper and Gunner Seat
Featured in:
- UH60M Blackhawk
Trooper and Gunner Seat
A relatively high percentage of helicopter crashes are survivable. Some helicopters involved in fatal crashes are repaired and returned to flight status. This is especially true in modern helicopters with robust structures designed to survive the crash. However, the human body cannot tolerate the crash forces and accelerations. The back and neck are particularly vulnerable to major and often fatal injuries. Restraint systems must prevent seat occupant contact with aircraft structure which is another cause of injuries and fatalities.
Our patented crashworthy seat technologies offer reliable and proven solutions to this problem by attenuating crash energy so that forces and accelerations imposed on the seat occupant are below specified injury thresholds. In the process of attenuating energy, the seat strokes (moves downward) in a controlled fashion. This allows energy imposed on the seat occupant to be absorbed over a longer time period keeping the force levels well below injury thresholds. All sizes of seat occupants in the specified accommodation range are afforded this protection without any manual action other than strapping into the seat. Our restraint systems are designed to the latest standards for controlling body movements and minimise seat occupant contact with aircraft structure.
Martin-Baker technologies, technical expertise and manufacturing capabilities combine to accomplish this complex function while remaining lightweight and affordable.
Trooper and Gunner Seat
Since the 1940s, Martin-Baker has been the world leader in the design and production of aircraft seating systems that prevent injuries and fatalities caused by accidents. Our seat products are found in all types of commercial and military aircraft. The Troop and Gunner seats were designed and developed to meet the new improved crash requirements of the UH60M Blackhawk using Martin-Baker’s patented energy attenuation technology.
Both seats are designed and tested to MIL-S-85510 using the latest military standards for occupant size and weight. The troop seat is qualified for fore and aft facing installations. The gunner seat is qualified for side facing installations. Both seats incorporate a fold-up sitting platform with a hardwearing sitting sling. The gunner seat is fitted with 3 accelerations sensing MA-16 type inertia reels and a stand-up harness that allows the user 48” of webbing payout to manoeuvre around the cabin.
Both seats are integrated to a floor-to-ceiling pole structure. The lower pole fitting attaches to floor studs and upper fittings attach to ceiling interface points with quick release fittings. Installation and removal take less than one minute and no tools are required.
New Seat Installations & Retrofits
Looking to install a new seat into your aircraft? Let us help you find your perfect solution – check out our New Seat Installations & Retrofits page for more information.
Trooper and Gunner Seat
- HEIGHT: With headrest 50.5” (128cm); No headrest 41.3” (105cm)
- WIDTH: With armrest 19.4” (49cm); No armrest 17.7” (45cm)
- DEPTH: 23.9” (61cm)
- WEIGHT: 20lb – 23lb (9kg – 10kg)
- Ergonomically designed for small female and large male occupants
- Meets latest civilian safety requirements
- Lightweight and affordable
- Quickly installed or removed
- Easily installed in other aircraft
Trooper and Gunner Seat
Featured in:
- UH60M Blackhawk
Trooper and Gunner Seat
A relatively high percentage of helicopter crashes are survivable. Some helicopters involved in fatal crashes are repaired and returned to flight status. This is especially true in modern helicopters with robust structures designed to survive the crash. However, the human body cannot tolerate the crash forces and accelerations. The back and neck are particularly vulnerable to major and often fatal injuries. Restraint systems must prevent seat occupant contact with aircraft structure which is another cause of injuries and fatalities.
Our patented crashworthy seat technologies offer reliable and proven solutions to this problem by attenuating crash energy so that forces and accelerations imposed on the seat occupant are below specified injury thresholds. In the process of attenuating energy, the seat strokes (moves downward) in a controlled fashion. This allows energy imposed on the seat occupant to be absorbed over a longer time period keeping the force levels well below injury thresholds. All sizes of seat occupants in the specified accommodation range are afforded this protection without any manual action other than strapping into the seat. Our restraint systems are designed to the latest standards for controlling body movements and minimise seat occupant contact with aircraft structure.
Martin-Baker technologies, technical expertise and manufacturing capabilities combine to accomplish this complex function while remaining lightweight and affordable.