Avalanche Airbag Tech Talk with Black Diamond

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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