August 6, 20223 yr I'd forgotten about these: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220802-why-some-aircraft-had-downward-firing-ejector-seats Dugald Walker
August 6, 20223 yr When I was stationed at Hill AFB in Utah they had a B-52 arrive for testing cluster bombs at the Lakeside range. Those of us involved with the test were allowed inside the aircraft to take a look. The navigator and radar operator were stationed on the lower deck behind the cockpit and had downward ejecting seats. The F-104 and the B-52 are the only aircraft I knew had downward ejecting seats. There might have been others I'm not aware of. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
August 7, 20223 yr I found a really interesting article about these seats here: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220802-why-some-aircraft-had-downward-firing-ejector-seats . Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
August 7, 20223 yr The F-111 overcame the issue of high speed ejection and hitting the big sticky-up thing at the back in an even more awesome way... the ENTIRE COCKPIT ejected. 😲
August 7, 20223 yr Administrators 18 minutes ago, martin-w said: The F-111 overcame the issue of high speed ejection and hitting the big sticky-up thing at the back in an even more awesome way... the ENTIRE COCKPIT ejected. 😲 Looks like fun! Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
August 7, 20223 yr Author Apparently, the B-1A Lancer had an escape capsule for the crew of four but was replaced by ejection seats in the B-1B. The reason given by one source was "due to concerns about servicing the pyrotechnical components of the system," while another said it was done "to save cost and weight." Dugald Walker
August 7, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, dmwalker said: concerns about servicing the pyrotechnical components of the system, A segue into... F35A grounded due to dodgy ejection seat bang maker... 😲
August 15, 20223 yr https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220802-why-some-aircraft-had-downward-firing-ejector-seats . There's a lot more there than just the ejector seats........Doug Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
August 15, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, W2DR said: There's a lot more there than just the ejector seats........Doug Thank you for highlighting this. When the link was first posted a bit over a week ago I read the article about the downward firing seats, but I didn't read on about all the other topics. I now realise how much I had missed. I was particularly interested in the U2 history. I had no idea that so much development had been done on that aircraft. I was occasionally able to see the early U2s operating from RAF Alconbury in the 1960s. Nice to see that satellites have not taken over completely. John B
August 16, 20223 yr Moderator 16 hours ago, W2DR said: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220802-why-some-aircraft-had-downward-firing-ejector-seats . There's a lot more there than just the ejector seats........Doug I’m not sure why this same link and story keeps getting posted, but since we already had a topic on it, to which the same link was posted twice, I merged your new topic to the existing one since there was already a conversation about it. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
August 16, 20223 yr My bad. I didn't see the earlier one. Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
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