kaos.dll Posted March 28, 2007 Posted March 28, 2007 a small slowmo video of a ejection seat http://www.unf-unf.de/video/clips/schleudersitz.flv or embedded: http://www.unf-unf.de/video/schleudersitz.html cu kaos.dll [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
EscCtrl Posted March 28, 2007 Posted March 28, 2007 Nice find In the second clip the pilot looks half-dead as he dangles to the ground, violent stuff; ejecting.
EscCtrl Posted March 28, 2007 Posted March 28, 2007 I'm pretty sure those are test dummies... Would explain the limp pose when the parachute deployed but in the scene where the camera is positioned where the joystick could be you see the hands grappling about a bit - unless this is the wind force moving them?
Aeroscout Posted March 28, 2007 Posted March 28, 2007 Nice vids never the less... DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices
Force_Feedback Posted March 29, 2007 Posted March 29, 2007 That being said, I find it difficult to fathom someone voluteering to undergo 20+ G's, risking a concussion, broken limbs, broken vertebrate, etc., just so the government can get some really cool slow motion video. ^In Soviet times..... They were also fatalities during the K-36 testing, at least one 'tester' died in a K-36 test blast in the late seventies :( Some Mk-10s getting blasted, see how little altitude they gain? That's what kills crews in all those Tornadoes that eject at tree top level with moderate sink rates :/ Same still applies to the Mk.16, but since it's so light and smart, it compensates that way, but still a K-36 gives you something like 110 ft at ~695 kts TAS 190 m alt. above sea level, the Mk.16 seems to get up to 30-50 ft max. However at 730kts the K-36 ejectee has only 35ft to prepare for his/her PLF :/. But, here comes the whine all western military analysts use, since the chute deployment and the parachute itself is different, you can't really compare both seats... Also, MB Mk.10/14/16 seats deploy the main chute while the ejectee is still strapped in, the K-36 deploys the chute and releases the crewmember simultaneousely, so a 'chute depoyment' with the K-36DM series 2 means crewmember is hanging under a parachute, and a chute with Mb/ACESII seats means there is still a seat to account for. I'm talking fractions of a second here, but time matters with these devices :P And don't think riding an ejection seat is not stressful, the speed of build up and duration of forces matter. The only 'Jolly, do I fancy an ejector seat ride!' seat out there is the Sks-94(M1/M2), but it's basically a catapult and a long pole, nonetheless, it weighs less than 23kg (16-17 for the M2) and gives you a full chute in 0.17 seconds, that is better than the ACES II :P. The 30k $ price tag is more than worth it to save lives in aerobatic planes IMHO. Creedence Clearwater Revival:worthy:
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