Development of the Ejection Seat

Cliff_Chambliss · February 20, 2014, 02:25:26 PM

Somewhat dated but still interesting.

http://youtu.be/-qhNT5VMokU

a2capt · February 21, 2014, 02:09:20 AM

If you paste the .com based YouTube link, they will show inline:

tough sledding

bosshawk · February 21, 2014, 03:26:21 AM

I had the dubious distinction of riding a Martin-Baker Mark V seat every time that I got into an Army OV-1 Mohawk. Torture device of the worst sort, but it would have gotten my young a--- out of the airplane had I ever needed to use it. If I remember correctly, chute deployment in the early models required at least 75 Kts forward airspeed and later ones got deployed at 50 kts and zero altitude: a big jump forward. The later seat deployment sequence took something like 1.5 seconds from pulling the D handle to chute deployment

I have a number of friends who are members of the Caterpilar Club: meaning that they had successfully ejected from an airborne aircraft. Some of them made the trip in Laos, others in VN.

PHall · February 21, 2014, 04:33:39 AM

Ejection - aka the "Martin-Baker Let down!"

It may rearrange your spine, but it beats the other option!

NIN · February 21, 2014, 11:03:49 AM

I had to ride the seat sim before I could fly in an OV-1.

It was a little disconcerting removing the safe pins on the seat and knowing you're "riding live."

ColonelJack · February 21, 2014, 11:12:42 AM

Quote from: a2capt on February 21, 2014, 02:09:20 AM
If you paste the .com based YouTube link, they will show inline:

tough sledding

Now THAT is funny!

...that poor guy...

Jack

Spaceman3750 · February 22, 2014, 06:29:16 PM

LOL "Other than the issues with seat separation and parachute deployment, the test was a complete success" :angel:

PHall · February 22, 2014, 07:30:48 PM

Quote from: Spaceman3750 on February 22, 2014, 06:29:16 PM
LOL "Other than the issues with seat separation and parachute deployment, the test was a complete success" :angel:

Yeah, ask Chuck Yeager about that.

bosshawk · February 23, 2014, 12:53:27 AM

NIN: we all had to ride the seat sim for the OV-1. Korea didn 't have one in 1963, when I was there. On one occasion, we had a partial hydraulic failure and thought that we might get to walk back to Seoul. It was January and the rice paddies were frozen, so the thought of a walk didn't appeal much to the two of us. Turned out to be in the speed board circuit and didn't affect loweing either the gear or the flaps.