Ejection seat chutes

[panzwami 0]

IIRC, the pilots were doing some really tricky low-speed, low-level, high-AOA stuff when they had an engine failure. It basically nosed straight toward the ground, and the pilots only had a couple seconds and a few hundred feet to jettison the airplane.

The video clip is pretty popular. I've seen it a few times floating around the internet.

Matt
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[jakee 1,255]

does any one have a pic of the two mig crash at a uk airshow a few years back? the wingtip of one sliced through the fuselage of the other about a foot behind the cockpit, cut it near in half. Both pilots ejected safely VERY low, one out of what was basically a fireball. Russian ejector seats must be very good.

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[masher 1]

Depends on what sort of ejection seat they are.

I think the Hornets that the RAAF has have 0/0 ejection seats. You can eject from 0 feet at 0 airspeed and land "safely". Our PC-9 trainers have 0/60 seats (0'/60 kn)

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[pccoder 0]

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Last couple of movies I've seen that had pilots ejecting, the chutes used were squares.How long have the riggers been packing ram air canopies in ejection seats and what aircrafts are they being used in?Is this now standard?

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[breakalegortwo 0]

I worked next to the engineer that was developing a "tandem" system for head boxes. The standard chute head box held two chutes, yes two chutes a round for initial ejection so the pilot could safely survive and ejection. The other chute was a ram air. The pilot had the option to "cut away" the round so he could maneuver to a safe area and land further from the wreck. If you are still wondering how one could fit two complete functional chutes in a head box...that’s why he got paid the big bucks.

[mjosparky 3]

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I worked next to the engineer that was developing a "tandem" system for head boxes. The standard chute head box held two chutes, yes two chutes a round for initial ejection so the pilot could safely survive and ejection. The other chute was a ram air. The pilot had the option to "cut away" the round so he could maneuver to a safe area and land further from the wreck. If you are still wondering how one could fit two complete functional chutes in a head box...that’s why he got paid the big bucks.

I know how you fit two canopies in a head box, you have someone else pack it. The F-18 head box takes 2 days to pack and we use a hydraulic press and upto 4000 psi.
Sparky

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[breakalegortwo 0]

So you know just how tight it is for a droug and a canopy...now in the same box under the droug and round put a 210sq ft. Prety impresive isn't it? Oh and they actually deployed and tested fine.