Flaskus Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 When you eject from the real Viggen the aircraft actually ejects the tail fin first with an explosive charge. The reason is that the tail fin was so large that the ejection seat would not be able to get over in a high speed situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblin Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Don't know where you got that from, but it's not correct. The fin could be folded, on ground, by a mechanic, but otherwise it stayed put. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaskus Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Don't know where you got that from, but it's not correct. The fin could be folded, on ground, by a mechanic, but otherwise it stayed put. Sorry about my lousy research. The reason i was so sure is that a former Swedish air force pilot who flew the Lansen & Draken told me about this. I've spent an hour on google and realize i must have been fooled. Maybe he's got Alzheimer's or something. :( Mods can scrap this tread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblin Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 No problem! It wouldn't surprise me at all if the crazy SAAB engineers toyed with the idea of an ejectable tailfin at some point ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrigan Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 "Guys, what if, instead of ejecting the pilot out of the plane, we jettison the entire plane radially away from the pilot" 2 Win10 x64 | SSDs | i5 2500K @ 4.4 GHz | 16 GB RAM | GTX 970 | TM Warthog HOTAS | Saitek pedals | TIR5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblin Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 :v: I bet that was on the agenda for a friday lunch meeting, at some point.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogano00 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 "Guys, what if, instead of ejecting the pilot out of the plane, we jettison the entire plane radially away from the pilot" That made me laugh so hard You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up. — Chuck Yeager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_soupdragon Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Or eject the pilot through the floor of the cockpit? Thus negating the tailfin alltogether. SD [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid_DK Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Or eject the pilot through the floor of the cockpit? Thus negating the tailfin alltogether. SD Sorry Boeing has that one covered on at least the early B-52's So definitely not quirky enough for SAAB. Maybe explosive bolts along the entire centreline and clamshelling the airframe, thus jettisoning the nose via amsall explosive charge and then the splitting of the plane leaving the pilot in disbelief for a second before one of two things happens, 1) (best result) the RM8 thunders past him making sure he is awake. 2) (Not the solution entirely hoped for) The RM8 blasts through the pilot eating him whoole! Staffan http://www.ipms.dk i7 9700K, Asus Z390 Prime A, Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, GeForce RTX 2080 Ti STRIX ROG, Fractal Design Define R6, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind, Oculus Rift S. 32 GB 3200 MHz RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Or eject the pilot through the floor of the cockpit? Thus negating the tailfin alltogether. SD The Starfighter way! :D Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts