Abstract: A sled docking system for moving a sled carriage on or off a sled rail. The sled docking system includes a docking assembly which can carry a sled carriage. The docking assembly has a moving member which allows the docking assembly to be moved to any desired location including a location adjacent to the sled rail such that the sled carriage can be moved between the sled rail and the docking assembly.
Abstract: A sled testing system comprising a first carriage and a second carriage, the first carriage and second carriage being movably mounted together, and an acceleration absorption assembly located relative to the first carriage and the second carriage such that when the second carriage is accelerated at a second carriage rate, the first carriage will be accelerated at a first carriage rate.