SHAKO - Smart Helmet Arduino Kindled Optimization

Abstract

The life of a trained pilot is too precious. Many pilots lose their lives in combat or during training while encountering serious medical conditions due to flying stress, combat action or inability to eject timely due to exceeding 'G' tolerance limits. This project is a synergy of sensors and software to actuate pilot ejection system when the physical/health condition of a pilot does not permit to actuate it manually. This invention is much simpler and economical to be installed with a purpose to take critical decision to 'eject' at crucial juncture of flight based on the health parameters of the pilot when he/she is unable to take the decision. This device can be a safeguard for the pilots by overriding the incapacitated pilot's decision-making action, and self-actuating the ejection system to save invaluable lives. Soviet Yak-38 had been installed with automatic actuation of pilot seats in case of failure of one of the two engines while take off or roll exceeding 60 degrees. This system had a preset condition and overrides the skill / capability of the pilot to handle the adverse situation. Whereas, this invention primarily focuses on the health parameters of a pilot by monitoring with help of various sensors and initiates the critical decision to eject when the life of a pilot is threatened. It is an improvement over previous such attempts because the self-actuation of ejection is based on the physical health parameters of an incapacitated pilot rather than based on rigid preset threshold of flying parameters. This invention overtakes the crucial decision-making capability of an incapacitated pilot to eject timely at a minimum safe altitude. This is the reason we have made the best used of our resources to calculate the physical parameters and have optimized to a compact level for easy communication and pilot interface.