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Offline jigsaw

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« on: January 29, 2004, 05:01:04 AM »
Got this of todays AVflash. It's from the thunderbird ejection that happened a while back. Talk about good timing.


http://www.avweb.com/newspics/winner1005.jpg
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2004, 05:06:33 AM »
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Offline SunTracker

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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2004, 05:29:19 AM »
Nose appears to have slight positive angle of attack.  Why did he eject?
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2004, 06:27:12 AM »
Those things could fly bottom first easily :D
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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2004, 09:10:01 PM »
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Originally posted by SunTracker
Nose appears to have slight positive angle of attack.  Why did he eject?


Look at the smoke trail. Look at the tremendous condensation on the upper surfaces.
Looks like that thing is going to "pancake" into the ground.
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2004, 09:14:48 PM »
Hey Gunslinger, will the F-16 autoeject its pilot? Looked like his AOA was too much for his rate of descent and current AG altitude. Do modern USAF jets like the F-16 autoeject their pilots or did that guy pull the handle? Thats amazing.

His AOA (in this pic) is almost level to the groung but his path of travel was not level to the ground.
« Last Edit: January 29, 2004, 09:18:23 PM by senna »
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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2004, 10:48:31 PM »
It is possible to be nose high and still be losing altitude. Attitude is not the whole story. His bird was going to hit, he knew it and punched out at the last second. Literaly.
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Offline Heater

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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2004, 07:07:07 AM »
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Nose appears to have slight positive angle of attack.  Why did he eject?



Cause he was coming out of a loop right after take off, his thrust vector was still going down. He misjudged his Alt,
the jet impacted the ground 1.8 seconds later.

If you want I have both the clips from in the cockpit and external.

PM me and I will send them to you (about 5 MB)

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Offline mietla

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« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2004, 11:18:26 AM »
Post them
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Offline Gunslinger

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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2004, 11:23:32 AM »
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Hey Gunslinger, will the F-16 autoeject its pilot? Looked like his AOA was too much for his rate of descent and current AG altitude. Do modern USAF jets like the F-16 autoeject their pilots or did that guy pull the handle? Thats amazing.

His AOA (in this pic) is almost level to the groung but his path of travel was not level to the ground.


NOPE its all manually activated by pulling the miraculous low tech "d" ring between his knees.

BUT....the AF is currently testing an automated anti collision system.  I dont know too many details about it, just read it in the paper a while back.

What is amazing is the fact that he kept his hand on the throttle until the moment he pulled the handle.  I guess when the adrennalin is flowing you really can do amazing things cause it takes about 40lbs of preasure to pull the handle all the way.
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Offline muckmaw

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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2004, 11:38:34 AM »
Is the D-Ring between the legs or on the left side of the seat in the F-16?

IIRC, his hands never went between his knees in the video.

You used to work on seats, didnt you?
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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2004, 12:20:26 PM »
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PM me and I will send them to you (about 5 MB)
 


how PM is disabled on this board
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