Chamber ride

[bigred177]

I was wondering what I would need to do to be able to go on a chamber ride. Do I just need to go into the office and say let's go or do they have certain days that people who don't need it medically can use it? I want to know how it feels to be hypoxic and how I react to it since I'll be flying at altitudes where I need to worry about it soon hopefully. Around how much does it cost too?
Thanks

 

[One Short]

If you mean altitude chamber, here is some info from the FAA. The training is free at Oklahoma City. You need a valid medical.

http://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochures/media/physiologc.pdf

Barb

 

[bigred177]

Great thank you.

 

[murphey]

There are a number of chambers around the country, usually at USAF bases. Many times local aviation organizations (EAA, state aviation groups, etc) will set up a day trip to the facility for its members. If there's a aviation program at a local college, check with them for more info, also.

 

[radiokaos]

There is one at Arizona State University.

It is located on the East Campus (Williams Airport), which use to be a old military base.

It costs $250 for the day.

 

[maddog52]

Reese AFB there in Lubbock had one when it was open. I don't know what happened to it when the base was closed. A chamber ride is a good experience once you get past the smell.

 

[Doggtyred]

I was wondering what I would need to do to be able to go on a chamber ride. Do I just need to go into the office and say let's go or do they have certain days that people who don't need it medically can use it? I want to know how it feels to be hypoxic and how I react to it since I'll be flying at altitudes where I need to worry about it soon hopefully. Around how much does it cost too?
Thanks

There IS no medical use for an altitude chamber. Decompression/recompression/hyperbaric chambers are the opposite.. holding pressure in, instead of evacuating it out.

 

[Doggtyred]

Reese AFB there in Lubbock had one when it was open. I don't know what happened to it when the base was closed. A chamber ride is a good experience once you get past the smell.

Eating gassy foods before hand can make for a painful, if not smelly, experience. Scuba diving the day before can make it deadly.

 

[bigred177]

There IS no medical use for an altitude chamber. Decompression/recompression/hyperbaric chambers are the opposite.. holding pressure in, instead of evacuating it out.

Yea I initially though they could go either way. The same chamber take you way up or way down depending on what you wanted to do.

 

[bigred177]

Eating gassy foods before hand can make for a painful, if not smelly, experience. Scuba diving the day before can make it deadly.

Yea I'll definitely keep my diving limited to the week before at a minimum. I have seen people get DCS and I want no part of it.