Martin-Baker Ejection Tests

[jackrb11]

but lots of people badly hurt

[kellyadvent]

Second tragedy for Red Arrows after pilot is killed in freak jet 'ejector seat' accident at air base

Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham was thrown 200 feet into the air while plane was on runway before falling to ground

[Kopihucky]

all new definition to sit flying and terminal deployment

[martgamma]

fff

[XTwina]

The get money for testing ? O.o I would pay for a ride :D

[iNFamousAAC]

@XTwina Not when it dislocates your pelvis :O

[chimoy1]

Fuck this vid in outta here. *ejects*

[railman2015]

4 peoples ejection seat never ejected

[iAmTheElemental]

Best Job ever: Ejector Seat Test Dummy.

[TheLastMag]

when does ceder point get one?

[rapsaper]

i wonder how u would pee inside a fighter jet lol

[stuart556]

great song choice.

[stuart556]

@stuart556 song 2 by blur

[gnarlyharley71]

Martin Baker="Widow Maker"

[Camerameister]

@gnarlyharley71 Got any facts to back that up?

[hillberg100]

Well.Well, Had an Aces II go off in a shop in LGB in an A4 and plastered the poor mechanic all over the roof took a week to clean up the mess certa 1979

[maxmays1]

i lowkey want to do that lol...not really im lying fuck that!

[Sting3733]

Perfect song!

[TheKrimsonKore]

song is perfect

[jpsdasnake]

its more violent than a bullet to teh head. '-'

[boggo58]

Its got me why F14sforever has to have that fucking irritating music fuck me and get a life

[Factnotfictionpeople]

Anybody heard of Doddy Hay?

[twinstu50]

@Factnotfictionpeople

Yes.

A very courageous individual indeed.

Find the book titled 'Man in the hot seat', it's about his work

when a Flight Surgeon with Martin baker.

He himself was, many times, the 'guinea pig' whilst testing Martin Baker 'bang seats'.

An inspiring and absorbing read about rivettingly interesting times and events.

Again, a very brave man.

You will not be disappointed.

[manodehielo]

Man, the song is fantastic. Don't change it. the ejection seats are a great invention... of martin baker?

[YoungJim409]

I can only imagine their blooper reel...

[O124271108]

Martin baker saved us, me and my student pilot successfully ejected 100feet before our jet crashed last month. am very confident about seating in a martin baker ejection seat.

[smilo996]

@Corvid You are partly right. In most active military aircraft today, the ejection seats do not have parachutes, they are left to free fall.....

really, are you sure about that. Tahe a look a the mk 16 high speed ejecto seat on their website.

[karlm121]

The location of these tests were at Langford Lodge former RAF Base. Beside Crumlin in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. I was on the disused airbase when i was in the army for unit search team training and the track is still there. The nose cone, (i assume from the test module) was lying in the woods on the shore of Lough Neagh. Also on the base is the first control tower ever to have inwards slanted windows which are on almost all control towers now.

[Junije1]

Why are there no ejaculation seats on civil planes? That would save many lives in my opinion...

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@Junije1 Yes, they would - but think of all the extra weight and the need to teach all those simple travellers what 'Eject, eject, eject' means..........

[YoungJim409]

@Junije1 Because they are far too expensive to buy and even more expensive to maintain; Many parts have shelf and service lives, after which they must be replaced. Also, these seats have weight limits (figure about 200# max) and there are a LOT of people on airlines who are way over this. Further, ejection is a violent enough process that anyone other than a healthy adult is at serious risk of injury from the ejection never mind the landing. Never mind a dozen other problems besides these.

[idonknowmyname1]

Why there is no ejection button on an AIRBUS plane?...that would be fun...

[GHSTENORBOY]

fuck yeah, i want that job!!!

[KOPedalVideo]

why plane's itself does not have a parachute?

[hondacrazy123]

why does the seat also have a parachute??

[Corvid]

@hondacrazy123 I'd assume because it's fairly heavy, and the last thing you need after a plane crash is a rather sturdy chair falling at terminal velocity. Doesn't do much about the canopy though... I think most canopies are pretty much destroyed during or after the ejection sequence. The one at the beginning looked pretty much shredded by the time it was more than a few metres away.

[F14sForever]

@Corvid You are partly right. In most active military aircraft today, the ejection seats do not have parachutes, they are left to free fall. In the case of this video, the seats contained measurement tools about G force, velocity, etc, and they didn't want to damage the equipment, so their solution was to attatch parachutes to them so they didn't just fly straight forward and out of the test range.

[Corvid]

@F14sForever Very interesting indeed, thanks for replying!

[sperlicioususaf]

@F14sForever These are drogue chutes, which in most commonly used ejection seats used in the top active air forces around the world, use to stabilize the seat in order to keep the pilot in a safe position and speed to separate from the seat during ejection

[marlonbvdl]

haha @ the egotistic americans in the comments who think they invented everything... they didnt even get to the moon on their own steam. rofl.

[MrEscape7]

The ejection seat was developed in sweden by saab aircraft but saab didnt took out patent of it, the martin-baker copy this and then took out patent. the ejection seat is from sweden.

[ilias2oo6]

@MrEscape7 haha what? and all the weapons are also from sweden right? fucking swede faggot sweden copied martin baker,martin baker is first eject seat maker,live with it or go suicide faggot

[MrEscape7]

To scared o the truth check the facts before you get smart. And did i said that all the weapons came from sweden.

[SuperAncientmariner]

@MrEscape7 First patented ejection seat was in 1916 by an englishman

[ReassuringSmile]

I think theyre test dummies

[ilias2oo6]

o rly fagget

[ReassuringSmile]

go fuck yourself, rlly

[ilias2oo6]

that would FUCK YOU noob mothe fucker

[ilias2oo6]

that would be FUCK YOU noob

[Michaelsdick]

someone told me that you usually break your rib cage when you eject from high speeds, because of the force of the air

[ilias2oo6]

@Michaelsdick yea queer you will break your lion cage if you ejecft from high speeds cuz of ur mom pussy motha fucka

[ilias2oo6]

fuckin faggot

[tony00165]

I believe you are allowed two ejections before never being allowed to fly with an ejector seat fitted again...a couple of people have ejected above the speed of sound and survived...remarkable.

[Cappy644]

GOOSE!

[Candelstik25]

Who wouldnt want a go of this !!!!

[jayakajt]

fucken awsome

[USSGeorgewashington]

If you had an ejection seat on a commercial airliner during the ejection everyone would probably hit eachother and they would also weigh too muchm anyway for the plane.

[qwertylockley]

That's why they could carry parachutes instead.

[123pappnase1]

Ich hab so ein Ding zu Hause im Wohnzimmer stehen original Martin Baker

[zoonerzet]

screen doors in submarines. vertical ejection seats in helicopters. :)

[123pappnase1]

Ich bin deutscher Fallschirmjäger und hab einen Original Martin Baker Schleudersitz und mein Name ist Martin

[qwertylockley]

Nice music!

I noticed a chute for the empty seat afterwoods... I guess why let it smash on the ground if you can save the pilot and a comfy seat? ☺

[gapboy638]

the seat has survival equipment and an emergency beacon in it :)

[qwertylockley]

Now it makes perfect sense, thanks!

[ejectmbsa]

i am an ame. this is my job in the navy

[hazbizarai]

Imagine ejecting seats on sinking ships and submarines...

[Corvid]

@hazbizarai Can't see the point on a ship! Few ships sink in a matter of seconds!

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@hazbizarai Yeah....survive the initial sinking, then drown - or get eaten by sharks! needs a bit of work that one! lol

[Bullzeye95]

@Factnotfictionpeople Don't Navy ejection seats have a little one-man inflatable raft and shark repellent packs as part of their standard kit?

Wouldn't do you much good over land, but it'd save your ass if you had to sit in the ocean for a couple of days and wait for rescue.

[alkin12345]

@Bullzeye95 Yes they do.

[atypicalmystery]

@hazbizarai hahaha. so many more people would get hurt. it'd be awesome.

[langleygm]

@hazbizarai not to be an ass but on ships thats a life boat but submarines would be an interesting concept

[liamcollister]

Built on the Isle of Man =D

[kirkwanglers32]

Fantastic envention shame something couldnt be used on a Cemrcial Aircraft,seems stupid would it work??????

[XH1927]

You need an independent oxygen supply to eject at altitude, never mind the wind blast injuries. To run ejection seats on a commercial level you'd have to outfit the entire party with safety gear and they would have to be strapped into the seat for the duration of the flight. Escape capsule technology would be more practical, similar to the F-111 or early B1s, where the entire crew cabin is ejected. Maintenance on this would be a nightmare. Frankly its less legal hassle to just let everyone die

[ARXHMalakas]

nice job returning home after like 400 ejections a day can u fuck yr wife?

[PsuPepperoni]

I guess if you've hit all your targets and you have a long flight back to base, and you happen to have an adult magazine? What else are you gonna do?

[44R0Ndin]

see-ya!

[panictactics]

I wonder what it feels like to ejaculate from the cock-pit.

[thuga101]

ejaculate??! =D

[JavierWX]

hahaha that must be intense!!!

[Bullzeye95]

@panictactics You pull the lever, you get kicked in the ass by God, you find yourself sitting on air in about a quarter of a second, and your spine's about half an inch shorter from the compression afterwards.

Presuming nothing went wrong, that is. And there's a LOT that can go wrong.

[TomTomTheSatNavmk1]

@Bullzeye95 Do you know anything about aircraft? not a single person has been killed by a martin-baker and there are seven safety pins to stop it from accidentally going off. the pilots are trained to not even get in the seat unless they are absolutly certain it is safe. God has nothing to do with that shit.

[Longway2fall]

@TomTomTheSatNavmk1 He didn't say anything about people dying. Ejection seats, especially older ones, really fuck you up. I heard some of the older ones only allowed about half of pilots to return to the air.

[TomTomTheSatNavmk1]

@Longway2fall No, granted, but the purpose of an ejection seat is to get the pilot out alive, They have never failed to fulfill that pupose, ergo nothing has ever gone wrong.

[a4speaker]

@TomTomTheSatNavmk1

a Pakistan airforce JF17 was crashed on 14 nov 2011 and the pilot was martyred coz chute of martin baker ejection seat was not opened. Pilot was found 2 Km away from crash site.

[TomTomTheSatNavmk1]

@a4speaker Pakistan is not famous for it's safety protocols... The parachute was most likely packed wrong, and that part is down to Pakistans airforce, not the manufacturer.

[03215093046]

@TomTomTheSatNavmk1 : Are you insane? The PAF as compared to many modern airforces of the world had only six major accidents in year 2000 while its adversary India had 31 major accidents in the same period. The PAF had only one fatal accident last year and its F-16s have not met any accident for past six years.

You are making me laugh....chute was packed wrong...hahaha

[TomTomTheSatNavmk1]

@03215093046 Well the RAF puts the PAF, USAF and most others to shame. But i'm british so i would say that. lets not go there.

Anyway. Im suprised no-one has mentioned the Red Arrows pilot who was killed (presumably) by his ejector seat on the taxiway. RIP.

Martin-Baker supply the main article and all the bits and pieces to keep it operational, but parachutes have to be regularly checked, and that is down to the ground crew, not martin-baker.

[ElementoVolatile]

@TomTomTheSatNavmk1 I know of at least one case of accidental misfire on a KA-6D during a negative-g manouvering. Co-Pilot partially ejected, but made it back to the ship alive.

[nightwriterou812]

@ElementoVolatile This ejection seat did not actually "fire". During a negative-g maneuver, the top latch mechanism which secures the seat to the aircraft failed thus allowing the seat to feely "rise" up the rails and penetrate thru the canopy. This upward travel also fired the seat's drogue gun to deploy the drogue stabilization chute (seen wrapped around the tail in the video and photos of the incident). The copilot was indeed very lucky to survive.

[Nukethelotofthem1]

@panictactics Me too.

[GunsOfThePhoenix]

@panictactics They were doing an interview with a guy who ejected at supersonic speed, and he said it was like a fright train had hit him, and his flight suit and helmet were destroyed by the wind speed.

[SecretService80]

@GunsOfThePhoenix It was a sex joke, genius...

[JosephMorganFPS]

@panictactics Great

[oOdeadFrogOo]

Do not pull handle!

0:58 WOW o_O

[1000rrDaineseBiker]

Build by a good North Irish man.I work for has company

[1000rrDaineseBiker]

Will done James,Langford Lodge will still be there

[ktpa2]

Classic quote from the Tucano safety brief video -

"If your ejector seat fails to engage, turn round and speak to your pilot."

...Who will be blacked out, about 50 feet behind you and slowly falling to the ground.

[howla012]

0:49 I thought he was about to hit a wall.

[goata007]

The song is "Song 2" by Blur

[LuigivonRa]

whats the name of the song

[peteradamson]

phil collins - another day in paradise

[goata007]

This song is NOT by Phil Collins

[sardosfish]

mb made by sicaMB,in italy(Cisterna di Latina)

[liamcollister]

Made on the Isle of Man :)

[Nookie691]

great song :)

[djbarren]

these tests are held in N.Ireland at a place called LangfordLodge, i know as i work there. we make bits and bobs for these seats, this is amazing to watch.

[stubag69]

i gather it would be much more amazing to watch it in real life seeing as you work there and all...

[sammy6nips]

haha i make parts for martin baker, and i'm am 99% sure we do some work for langford lodge aswell.

[ejectmbsa]

AME1 (AW) Slater was here

[nuk33r]

wats the name of the song

[djbartallaconsole]

blur - song 2

[brokeinvestor]

this is a ridiculous feat of engineering, amazing!

[paologbr]

DA SCHIZZO!

[twinstu50]

The WW11 Luftwaffe had ejection seats in some aircraft,- Dornier Do335 Pfiel (Arrow) and the Heinkel He229 'Uhu'(Owl), they were the first.

Post war, the British firm, Martin Baker, led research in this field. To get a rare insider's account of the significant (I emphasise SIGNIFICANT) contribution by Martin Baker in the evolution and perfecting of the ejection seat as we know it today, read this book.

"Man in the hot seat", by Doddy Hay. He was a very, very, brave Flight Surgeon.

[Techno04335]

sweet =)

[callumginty]

very cool video, could have picked a more original song however

[tobeaswallow]

top exite game

[wyunaboy]

any ejections seat is not the problems as long as it works. russian ones are real live low level tested, MB well i havent seen one performing on low level..

[SUPERFULCRUM91]

the mb seat is not a good seat the zvezda are a best ejection seat

[spitfir3ace]

yes if you want to have your back broken.. nice to know a 16 year old has so much knowledge about them and can clearly state that some russian company is better than the most experienced companies without giving a single reason.. grow up, retard.

[TheWeirdTurnPro]

haha you tell that preteen whats up

[mjufpn]

K36 is the best and aknowledged ejection seat ever. The proof is the real thing in action.

Mb dont preform on such high level! And no todays K36 doesnt give a 16G kick like the old ones unless you are pulling 9Gs.

[sdfsdf666]

hahaha do u really think some shitty ass russian company can make somthing better then the world leader in ejection seats??

[trenchXspike]

F-22 was *this close* to using a K-36 derivative.

[ilias2oo6]

@spitfir3ace grow up faggot

[TheTdizzle1]

@ilias2oo6 what you said hahah

[fighterjetsensei]

did you watch the vid? all of thes tests were done on the ground.

[jbee832]

"Song 2" Blur

[smostuart]

martin baker ejection seats are by far the best seats no question the technology that goes into the is amazing i should no because i make them

[nettyjane]

whats the title of the song? i like it

[jis2cool]

i heard ejection causes back pain

[lemob182]

dude that is like fucking 16 Gs right there, do u know how hard it is just to pull 7Gs?

[wohoo111]

it really pulls 16 g's ...Shit i thought it was like around 7 or 8

[matt23071993]

he pulls 8G in ejection...same as an astronaut

[FlgOffUsman]

i hate ejection

[matt23071993]

you say that when your jet is falling to the ground because of a computer failure lol

[mademe55]

good video , am i only the only one who wants to try this? not in flight or under bad circumstances but as a ride just go in the car thingy and eject looks like a fucking blast

[maverickrazor]

mademe55; ejection from a jet aircraft carries a great many risks. If the M.D.C. doesn't fire the seat has to go through the canopy if it doesn't jettison. If all that works you are practically gauranteed spinal compression of 2 or 3 of the lower discs. Painful for the rest of your life.

[mademe55]

i gotcha , like the whole reason these seats are around is creepy one could say i think it just looks cool i would never wanna think about using one for real under fire

[Georgestuffs]

I want to try it, but I don't fancy having my spine crushed and having afterpains from it for months to come :D

[rjl2382]

ACES II is beter. There is less stress on the pilot

[Georgestuffs]

This video reel is awesome.

[F14sForever]

Thanks.

[texasfathead]

The Russian K-36 ejector seat manufactured by NPP Zvezda is considered by many as the world's most advanced. It was studied at length by the US Navy and Airforce and IBP Aircraft opened up a factory in the US to manufacture it for the F-22 Raptor and the Joint Strike Fighter. The US Government however selected the Martin Baker seat from the UK in a Political move for the new US fighters.

[texasfathead]

The Russian K-36 ejector seat manufactured by NPP Zvezda is considered by many as the world's most advanced. It was studied at length by the US Navy and Airforce and IBP Aircraft opened up a factory in the US to manufacture it for the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

[funkymoomin]

What a load of rubbish.

The JSF is being fitted with a US16F Martin-Baker ejection seat.

[texasfathead]

I know the contact went to MB, what I sad is true about the Russians opened up a factory in the US to manufacture it for the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. But they did not get the contrat,guess I should of said that.

[leroyboyce]

Don't believe everything you read on Wiki.

The K-36 seat was designed in the 80s. It is too heavy to be considered for many aircraft.

The technical specification of the Mk16A seat in the Eurofighter Typhoon, designed and tested throughout the 90s, and also the US16E in the JSF, currently being perfected in testing, make them the most advanced ejection seats in the world.

Martin-Baker seats have saved over 7000 lives.

[afturabakk]

grande che si trova ancora 'sto video...