ejection seat

[ROGUE Leumi]

The ejection seat in the F14 triggers at the first push of the button but should at the third push.

[Donut]

The ejection seat in the F14 triggers at the first push of the button but should at the third push.

 

I just noticed this today! I haven't ejected in awhile...

 

I have a button on my throttle mapped to LCtrl+ E...one press and it ejects, but should be three presses before triggering an ejection.

[IronMike]

Is there a reason to have it 3 times beyond just tradition though? It is not like someone often accidently presses left ctrl + e imo.

 

If it is important to you guys, I'll open a tracker for it, but imo it's a relic from the past.

[ROGUE Leumi]

Hi IronMike

Thank you for your replay.

Yes you don't press by accident the key LCtrl + E on your keyboard . But some have it mapped on the stick and there you have much higher chances to press a button by accident once.

After a flight of over an hour it is not nice to hang on a parachute and seeing your aircraft going down.

So it would be nice to have it back with a 3 times push to trigger the ejection seat.

 

Thank you.

[Fisherman82]

Dont change it to three times, instead do another row that requires three times so you can use the one you like. Either three times or only one.

 

I think it should be like that for all modules because the three times press is a problem for cockpit builders. I have to use JoyToKey set to do execute ctrl + e 20 times per second when I pull the handle on my seat since I dont want to pull it three times.

[Shadow_1stVFW]

Is there a reason to have it 3 times beyond just tradition though? It is not like someone often accidently presses left ctrl + e imo.

 

If it is important to you guys, I'll open a tracker for it, but imo it's a relic from the past.

Because if you use a button instead it's a safety. I've ejected myself MANY times in the tomcat because I use a button on my throttle that I apparently press quiet often. And control and E is a pain in VR.

 

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[draconus]

I've ejected myself MANY times in the tomcat because I use a button on my throttle that I apparently press quiet often.

 

Sounds like you request a fix on a problem you inflict on yourself.

[Mike Busutil]

A real F-14 Pilot is not required to pull the ejection handle three times...

 

I like LCtrl+ E...One press and it ejects.

[uri_ba]

if you ask me it should be use configurable for a long push.

 

 

but I'm fine with first button eject.

 

 

IRL it's NOT on the HOTAS. and the travel to actuate is fairly large.

so a long press should be a good compromise to allow that.

[Swordsman422]

You also wouldn't ever pull on it by accident... unless you're a surface warfare guy taking a ride in the back seat and think the lower handle is there to hold onto during high-G maneuvers. But no one has ever in the history of humanity been that dumb...

[Bailey]

I have pressed Eject on accident a few times. I play on keyboard often. I know a solution is “don’t press that button”, but the “safety” of having to press it two more times is nice.

~Bailey

[viper2097]

Because if you use a button instead it's a safety. I've ejected myself MANY times in the tomcat because I use a button on my throttle that I apparently press quiet often. And control and E is a pain in VR.

 

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+1

[uri_ba]

unless you're a surface warfare guy taking a ride in the back seat and think the lower handle is there to hold onto during high-G maneuvers. But no one has ever in the history of humanity been that dumb...

Ehhm... Oops...

 

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/story-f-14-pilot-able-land-tomcat-without-canopy-rio-erroneously-bailed/