John Dallman
May 25th 06, 08:50 PM
In article >,
(Juergen Nieveler) wrote:
> One other possibility occured to me, though - ISTR that most planes
> used to have a system to get rid of the canopy in a hurry prior to
> triggering the ejection seat itself. This was done to prevent people
> from breaking their necks when they crashed through the closed canopy
> on their ejection seats. Some planes (Harriers?) used to have detcord
> embedded in the canopy to blast a hole into the canopy, others had
> explosive bolts to push the whole canopy away.
Well, as the pilot, you have a choice. You can set off these explosive
charges that are really close to you, or you can have the man with a saw
cut open the canopy slowly, with plenty of time for you to move out of
the way. I'd go for the saw.
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(Juergen Nieveler) wrote:
> One other possibility occured to me, though - ISTR that most planes
> used to have a system to get rid of the canopy in a hurry prior to
> triggering the ejection seat itself. This was done to prevent people
> from breaking their necks when they crashed through the closed canopy
> on their ejection seats. Some planes (Harriers?) used to have detcord
> embedded in the canopy to blast a hole into the canopy, others had
> explosive bolts to push the whole canopy away.
Well, as the pilot, you have a choice. You can set off these explosive
charges that are really close to you, or you can have the man with a saw
cut open the canopy slowly, with plenty of time for you to move out of
the way. I'd go for the saw.
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John Dallman, , HTML mail is treated as probable spam.