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re: USAF Instructor Pilot Passed Away This Morning Due to Ejection Seat Malfunction

Posted on 5/14/24 at 11:15 am to
Posted by Ryan3232
Valet driver for TD staff
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 5/14/24 at 11:15 am to
Assuming you are starting 5-10 feet from the ground, how far vertically do the ejection seats send you from where you are sitting in the cockpit?
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30152 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 11:20 am to
quote:

Assuming you are starting 5-10 feet from the ground, how far vertically do the ejection seats send you from where you are sitting in the cockpit?


they are designed to make sure you clear the tail sections easily so i would think 30-40 ft is about average height you will get when ejected
Posted by XenScott
Pensacola
Member since Oct 2016
3175 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 11:20 am to
Most modern seats are zero/zero ejection.
Maybe he was t strapped in.
Posted by RonLaFlamme
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2016
1699 posts
Posted on 5/14/24 at 12:20 pm to
Worked for Bruce Willis in Diehard 2.
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