Pyrotechnics and pilot helicopter in Aeronautics - by Simon

How pyrotechnics contribute to help a pilot carrying a payload, a critical military aeronautical mission

Because of its extremely fast responsiveness feature, most of the military aircraft applications, where pyrotechnics is implemented, relate to emergency situations.

An example with helicopters, carrying a payload with a winch at very low altitudes.

If the winch gets hooked on something, it will become a danger for the aircraft controllability. The pilot can then rely on a pyro-cutter to cut the cable.

This critical mission has to be performed with an extreme precision and speed.

The perfect cut will be enabled by the specific design of the mechanism adapted to any material or thickness.

And the extreme responsiveness will be performed by the pyro-mechanism functioning time, based on powder combustion.

And, as you may know, the powder combustion is really much faster than any other type of energy liberation like electrical or pneumatic energy.