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    raaaid's Avatar Senior Member
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    all right you push the button and the cannopy gets shot out and afterwards a system...

    puts the elevator into maximum negative g
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    what if you only have a few hundred feet to bail?
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    Or what if you are already on the ground?
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    youll go straight for a while sustentated by speed which causes some air sustentation

    and you can always pitch up a little before pressing the buttom
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    Fighter pilots in WW2 were often instructed they should unfasten all belts, open canopy and then kick the control column forward with a foot. Negative g should "eject" them from the plane.
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    Originally posted by berg417448:
    Or what if you are already on the ground?
    oh is it such a good idea this is its only con?
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    Originally posted by TinyTim:
    Fighter pilots in WW2 were often instructed they should unfasten all belts, open canopy and then kick the control column forward with a foot. Negative g should "eject" them from the plane.
    thats exactly whre i got the idea from, the same make simpler
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    Originally posted by raaaid:
    oh is it such a good idea this is its only con?
    Not at all. Pilots are more expensive than ejector seats.
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    Originally posted by TheGrunch:
    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by raaaid:
    oh is it such a good idea this is its only con?
    Not at all. Pilots are more expensive than ejector seats. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

    exactly on this way you save pilots life in a cheap way, i dont see your point would it be better a death pilot cause he couldnt eject for example for too much speed?

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    i think theres been extensive testing on bailing out at high speeds, and it was considered imposible

    even the game models this

    come on wwii has to be a fairy tale why would nobody think of this such a good idea that nobody here will admitt as such which makes me wonder the real face of people here
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    Your idea doesn't save pilots that are forced to bail at low altitudes due to for example engine failure on takeoff or accidents on aircraft carriers, or simply taking hits at low level, i.e. for pilots in attack aircraft. This has been pointed out to you. In that sense, ejector seats are less expensive than your idea. Where are the majority of pilot losses likely to be nowadays? Low-level attack, training accidents or equipment failure.
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