Avalanche Airbag Tech Talk with Black Diamond

GEAR:30 · May 17, 2019 · 37m

Supercapacitors, Venturi valves, and scary-high currents — this week we discuss airbag design and technology with Black Diamond’s Director of Design Engineering.

TOPICS & TIMES:

Pete’s Background at BD (1:10)

Why is BD using 3 different airbag technologies in 19/20? (2:55)

Supercapacitors, pt. 1 (7:30)

Jetforce technology and design (11:03)

Airbag standards testing (16:04)

Alpride E1 — Supercapacitors pt. 2 (18:54)

Alpride canister systems (27:19)

Pete’s airbag pack of choice (35:45)

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