Ejection Seat

[jgile2]

faggot

[Steamytounge30]

I heard that if a pilots eject under gs they break bones.

[WhitetailesRule]

i thought there was a lever under the seat?

[poiuy0174]

FAAGGGGOOTTT

[usafpilot29]

Is that how you really fucking eject? When I watched my uncle on his training on an X-35, he pulled something between his feet...

[Junije1]

Hahah =D Was there also your aunt or was he alone? ^^

[usafpilot29]

Lol! Uh no, the ejection thing that you pull is between his legs...

[azmanntoz]

those arent the best. you have to pull them back and forth and by time it fires you've already crashed.

[homfencing]

There were some seats that had overheads....they would both fire the seat and pull a protective curtain over the pilot's face.

Also....handles on the floor or seat base are good....but what if you're not able to reach them? Overheads are there in that case.

[Farong36]

General positions for ejection handles:

1. Arm rests of seat.

2. Face curtain (overhead).

3. Center front of seat pan.

If you can't reach them, you die. Simple but true fact. This is why you practice once every three months.

[Farong36]

BTW: most modern seats only have one handle option (F-16 center; A-10 arm rest, etc. Face curtains aren't too common in USAF aircraft.

[Slasherzza]

@Farong36 Face curtains haven't been an option since the 50s have they?

[Farong36]

@Slasherzza I'm not too sure. The F-4 seat (which I worked on) was designed in the 50s. It's more cost efficient to design with only one handle, but I couldn't definitely say whether or not manufacturers are still making dual handled seats. Check the Martin-Baker web site?

[Slasherzza]

@Farong36 Ah. Oh I was just asking since the only time I've ever seen a face curtain was in some Black and White footage from the 50s. Could've been some test footage of the EE Lightning, actually.

[Farong36]

@Slasherzza No, it was a valid question. Face curtains were more common in the early days particularily in fighter jets. Just technological improvements and costs have made redundant initiation systems less necessary. Most of the time the pilot's hands are on the throttle and stick so putting a handle down there makes them more immediately accessible. Many use the arm rest style (like the A-10) some use the center seat bucket position.

[Slasherzza]

@Farong36 Ah, I see. Thanks. :)

[Farong36]

This looks like a Martin-Baker seat, therefore, there was probably an upper face curtain handle which this guy reached for and a lower handle located on the center of the seat pan (yes, between his legs).

If you pulled the handles like this guy did, you'd run a risk of broken shoulders (from wind blast ripping your arms backwards) or broken elbows (if his elbows contact anything on the way out).

Proper method: palms facing you and elbows together.

[Tired1959]

Much more entertaining if he had jerk the handles and launch his ass through the ceiling.

[RainbowManification]

@Tired1959 I would pay to see that.

[XEvilCarrotX]

you fail at life

[Dorispeed]

LOL