Of course, you still have to ensure that you can get rid of the canopy....
....I think the ergonomics of our RVs would have to be altered a bit so that our legs wouldn't remain on board after activation......
We're workin on it.
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One of the '50s fighters, the F-104, had stirrups. The pilot would put them on and clip in the ends of some cables. Upon ejection, the seat would pull the pilot's feet towards the seat before leaving the plane.
Kind of a wild ride!
Dave
Used to read about navy fighter pilots upon getting in their ejection seats, would attach their "rocket jet fittings". But I never knew what they were. Can anyone explain?
It is difficult to think "when" one might use one in an RV?
Early ejection seats [pre-rocket] e.g. MB Mk4 in Jet Provost/Hunter, has a "zero/90" capability i.e. you needed 90KIAS to have a zero altitude / RoD capability.
The video I will guess shows an aircraft at ~100KIAS? You can see how it is the KE of the "pilot" that is used to deploy the chute, and yet the pilot is probably some 100'+ below the aircraft before the descent is arrested?
So as a wild guess, I reckon this seat would have a 200'/100KIAS (zero RoD) minimum capability, and as you reduce IAS, the altitude requirement would increase markedly. So good for flight testing at altitude, not good for EFATO.
As an ex-mil pilot trained on ejection seats, and now in the civilian world but still flying some ex-mil aircraft with live seats, there is a culture change to just "abandoning the aircraft" to land elsewhere. There is also an increased experience in ex-mil jets (USA as well?) of failure to eject when appropriate - e.g. not trained from the outset to "pull the handle and worry about the consequences later"
In the RV world, I have a nasty feeling the by the time you realised you needed to use the seat, you could well be out of limits?
Just some random ramblings...
Not often that I disagree with you Paul, but might on this oneOf course, you still have to ensure that you can get rid of the canopy....
I was out as soon as I saw "Russian".
I was out as soon as I saw "Russian".
Not often that I disagree with you Paul, but might on this one
Mil Jets aim to get rid of the canopy (or shatter it), but the "system" does work if canopy does not go - just you and seat get pushed through it
Given the lightweight nature of RV canopies, would be a non-issue IMHO. This does assume of course one would only sit an on ejection seat with correct "headwear".
Mil Jets aim to get rid of the canopy (or shatter it), but the "system" does work if canopy does not go - just you and seat get pushed through it
Well familiar with the MDC - same as Hawk & JP Mk5. Doesn't always work thoughOf interest, Harriers have explosive chord laced onto the top of the plexi: It blows at ejection, shattering the plexi one heartbeat before the seat blows through.
All I know is that when Goose hit the canopy in Topgun, (you know, when the F-14 was in a flat spin heading out to sea) it didn't work out well for him. I say lose the canopy first and then punch out.