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Ejector seats

how stuff works... IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC THINGS YOU WILL EVER SEE. A muki-milion dollar fighter jet streaking towands the ground at hundreds of kikmetres per hour, about to crash and burst into flames Then, at the last moment, you watch the piot eject. Something that looks ike a rocket-powered chair caming the pikt, and then a parachute opens to bring the pikt safely to the ground. Ejection step by step 1) The first step is for the pilot to recognse that things are hopeless. At this moment, the pilot reaches for the ejection handle It might be akngside the seat or between the legs or above his head. 400 Kilometres and Hour is the speed the pilot is launched up in the air 2) CANOPY. One system uses explosive bokts and small rockets. The other system uses a system of expkosive cords attached to the canopy. 4) Next, several rocket engines under the seat fire. These rocket engines need to solve a pressing problem during ejection, and that problem is known as the tail of the plane 3) The first phase of ejection uses a catapult gun. The seat slides akong the rails of the catapult so that it is moving in the right direction The Seat Canpy breaker Parachute contaner One manufacturer, Martin-Baker, claims their seats have saved more than 7,283 aircrew lives in their 60 year history as ejector seat manufacturer Head pad Lft webs Shoulder straps Drogue "chute Manual override handle Orgem hose coriinunica- tion lead Survival kit Safe am handle The tricky bit Sensors in the seat have to cakulate the aircraft's speed and altitude the sensors may or may not deploy a drogue chute to skow the pikt down, and they may or may not delay the opening of the main parachute (f he is too high up in the air, the parachute must not open instantly). Fall to freedom Once the parachute opens, the pilot floats to the ground The ground might be right there if the pilot ejected at low alttude, or it might be about three kilometers below. Or k might not be there are all if the pilot ejected over water, and the pilot has to get ready to swim Wind speed The seat ejects the pikst and accelerates the pikt upward from zero to about 400 kilometres per hour in about half a second. The G-forces can be giyantic, and then he has to nail the landing. Still it is better than dying instantly when the plane hits the ground and explodes. Emergency Oxygen operating handle Seat firing handle Underseat Rocket motor Seat cuchion -leg restraint ine(2) Distrituted by MeCatchy infomation Services y Marshal Brain, Martin-Bakur Graphic: CUILLERMOMUNRO how stuff works... IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC THINGS YOU WILL EVER SEE. A muki-milion dollar fighter jet streaking towands the ground at hundreds of kikmetres per hour, about to crash and burst into flames Then, at the last moment, you watch the piot eject. Something that looks ike a rocket-powered chair caming the pikt, and then a parachute opens to bring the pikt safely to the ground. Ejection step by step 1) The first step is for the pilot to recognse that things are hopeless. At this moment, the pilot reaches for the ejection handle It might be akngside the seat or between the legs or above his head. 400 Kilometres and Hour is the speed the pilot is launched up in the air 2) CANOPY. One system uses explosive bokts and small rockets. The other system uses a system of expkosive cords attached to the canopy. 4) Next, several rocket engines under the seat fire. These rocket engines need to solve a pressing problem during ejection, and that problem is known as the tail of the plane 3) The first phase of ejection uses a catapult gun. The seat slides akong the rails of the catapult so that it is moving in the right direction The Seat Canpy breaker Parachute contaner One manufacturer, Martin-Baker, claims their seats have saved more than 7,283 aircrew lives in their 60 year history as ejector seat manufacturer Head pad Lft webs Shoulder straps Drogue "chute Manual override handle Orgem hose coriinunica- tion lead Survival kit Safe am handle The tricky bit Sensors in the seat have to cakulate the aircraft's speed and altitude the sensors may or may not deploy a drogue chute to skow the pikt down, and they may or may not delay the opening of the main parachute (f he is too high up in the air, the parachute must not open instantly). Fall to freedom Once the parachute opens, the pilot floats to the ground The ground might be right there if the pilot ejected at low alttude, or it might be about three kilometers below. Or k might not be there are all if the pilot ejected over water, and the pilot has to get ready to swim Wind speed The seat ejects the pikst and accelerates the pikt upward from zero to about 400 kilometres per hour in about half a second. The G-forces can be giyantic, and then he has to nail the landing. Still it is better than dying instantly when the plane hits the ground and explodes. Emergency Oxygen operating handle Seat firing handle Underseat Rocket motor Seat cuchion -leg restraint ine(2) Distrituted by MeCatchy infomation Services y Marshal Brain, Martin-Bakur Graphic: CUILLERMOMUNRO how stuff works... IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC THINGS YOU WILL EVER SEE. A muki-milion dollar fighter jet streaking towands the ground at hundreds of kikmetres per hour, about to crash and burst into flames Then, at the last moment, you watch the piot eject. Something that looks ike a rocket-powered chair caming the pikt, and then a parachute opens to bring the pikt safely to the ground. Ejection step by step 1) The first step is for the pilot to recognse that things are hopeless. At this moment, the pilot reaches for the ejection handle It might be akngside the seat or between the legs or above his head. 400 Kilometres and Hour is the speed the pilot is launched up in the air 2) CANOPY. One system uses explosive bokts and small rockets. The other system uses a system of expkosive cords attached to the canopy. 4) Next, several rocket engines under the seat fire. These rocket engines need to solve a pressing problem during ejection, and that problem is known as the tail of the plane 3) The first phase of ejection uses a catapult gun. The seat slides akong the rails of the catapult so that it is moving in the right direction The Seat Canpy breaker Parachute contaner One manufacturer, Martin-Baker, claims their seats have saved more than 7,283 aircrew lives in their 60 year history as ejector seat manufacturer Head pad Lft webs Shoulder straps Drogue "chute Manual override handle Orgem hose coriinunica- tion lead Survival kit Safe am handle The tricky bit Sensors in the seat have to cakulate the aircraft's speed and altitude the sensors may or may not deploy a drogue chute to skow the pikt down, and they may or may not delay the opening of the main parachute (f he is too high up in the air, the parachute must not open instantly). Fall to freedom Once the parachute opens, the pilot floats to the ground The ground might be right there if the pilot ejected at low alttude, or it might be about three kilometers below. Or k might not be there are all if the pilot ejected over water, and the pilot has to get ready to swim Wind speed The seat ejects the pikst and accelerates the pikt upward from zero to about 400 kilometres per hour in about half a second. The G-forces can be giyantic, and then he has to nail the landing. Still it is better than dying instantly when the plane hits the ground and explodes. Emergency Oxygen operating handle Seat firing handle Underseat Rocket motor Seat cuchion -leg restraint ine(2) Distrituted by MeCatchy infomation Services y Marshal Brain, Martin-Bakur Graphic: CUILLERMOMUNRO how stuff works... IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC THINGS YOU WILL EVER SEE. A muki-milion dollar fighter jet streaking towands the ground at hundreds of kikmetres per hour, about to crash and burst into flames Then, at the last moment, you watch the piot eject. Something that looks ike a rocket-powered chair caming the pikt, and then a parachute opens to bring the pikt safely to the ground. Ejection step by step 1) The first step is for the pilot to recognse that things are hopeless. At this moment, the pilot reaches for the ejection handle It might be akngside the seat or between the legs or above his head. 400 Kilometres and Hour is the speed the pilot is launched up in the air 2) CANOPY. One system uses explosive bokts and small rockets. The other system uses a system of expkosive cords attached to the canopy. 4) Next, several rocket engines under the seat fire. These rocket engines need to solve a pressing problem during ejection, and that problem is known as the tail of the plane 3) The first phase of ejection uses a catapult gun. The seat slides akong the rails of the catapult so that it is moving in the right direction The Seat Canpy breaker Parachute contaner One manufacturer, Martin-Baker, claims their seats have saved more than 7,283 aircrew lives in their 60 year history as ejector seat manufacturer Head pad Lft webs Shoulder straps Drogue "chute Manual override handle Orgem hose coriinunica- tion lead Survival kit Safe am handle The tricky bit Sensors in the seat have to cakulate the aircraft's speed and altitude the sensors may or may not deploy a drogue chute to skow the pikt down, and they may or may not delay the opening of the main parachute (f he is too high up in the air, the parachute must not open instantly). Fall to freedom Once the parachute opens, the pilot floats to the ground The ground might be right there if the pilot ejected at low alttude, or it might be about three kilometers below. Or k might not be there are all if the pilot ejected over water, and the pilot has to get ready to swim Wind speed The seat ejects the pikst and accelerates the pikt upward from zero to about 400 kilometres per hour in about half a second. The G-forces can be giyantic, and then he has to nail the landing. Still it is better than dying instantly when the plane hits the ground and explodes. Emergency Oxygen operating handle Seat firing handle Underseat Rocket motor Seat cuchion -leg restraint ine(2) Distrituted by MeCatchy infomation Services y Marshal Brain, Martin-Bakur Graphic: CUILLERMOMUNRO how stuff works... IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC THINGS YOU WILL EVER SEE. A muki-milion dollar fighter jet streaking towands the ground at hundreds of kikmetres per hour, about to crash and burst into flames Then, at the last moment, you watch the piot eject. Something that looks ike a rocket-powered chair caming the pikt, and then a parachute opens to bring the pikt safely to the ground. Ejection step by step 1) The first step is for the pilot to recognse that things are hopeless. At this moment, the pilot reaches for the ejection handle It might be akngside the seat or between the legs or above his head. 400 Kilometres and Hour is the speed the pilot is launched up in the air 2) CANOPY. One system uses explosive bokts and small rockets. The other system uses a system of expkosive cords attached to the canopy. 4) Next, several rocket engines under the seat fire. These rocket engines need to solve a pressing problem during ejection, and that problem is known as the tail of the plane 3) The first phase of ejection uses a catapult gun. The seat slides akong the rails of the catapult so that it is moving in the right direction The Seat Canpy breaker Parachute contaner One manufacturer, Martin-Baker, claims their seats have saved more than 7,283 aircrew lives in their 60 year history as ejector seat manufacturer Head pad Lft webs Shoulder straps Drogue "chute Manual override handle Orgem hose coriinunica- tion lead Survival kit Safe am handle The tricky bit Sensors in the seat have to cakulate the aircraft's speed and altitude the sensors may or may not deploy a drogue chute to skow the pikt down, and they may or may not delay the opening of the main parachute (f he is too high up in the air, the parachute must not open instantly). Fall to freedom Once the parachute opens, the pilot floats to the ground The ground might be right there if the pilot ejected at low alttude, or it might be about three kilometers below. Or k might not be there are all if the pilot ejected over water, and the pilot has to get ready to swim Wind speed The seat ejects the pikst and accelerates the pikt upward from zero to about 400 kilometres per hour in about half a second. The G-forces can be giyantic, and then he has to nail the landing. Still it is better than dying instantly when the plane hits the ground and explodes. Emergency Oxygen operating handle Seat firing handle Underseat Rocket motor Seat cuchion -leg restraint ine(2) Distrituted by MeCatchy infomation Services y Marshal Brain, Martin-Bakur Graphic: CUILLERMOMUNRO

Ejector seats

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This graphic was done for M magazine in Dubai. Ther had a section once a month about how things worked, happened. I used to love this and was very happy to do this every month.

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