F35B crash landing and ejection
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Petrus1983 said:
Why the f eject from a stationary plane at zero altitude. I’m sure he survived but probably bruised. Not sure why the pointy end went down like that - but overall is a bit embarrassing.
I'm assuming the lift fan crapped itself and 100% of the thrust of the engine was coming out of the back with the nozzle pointed straight down so it's only ever going 1 way, so with it basically being out of control why the f would you NOT eject?Petrus1983 said:
Why the f eject from a stationary plane at zero altitude. I’m sure he survived but probably bruised. Not sure why the pointy end went down like that - but overall is a bit embarrassing.
Are you saying you don’t know enough about the subject in general and what happened here, or that you think the pilot ejected unnecessarily?Petrus1983 said:
Why the f eject from a stationary plane at zero altitude. I’m sure he survived but probably bruised. Not sure why the pointy end went down like that - but overall is a bit embarrassing.
Huge amounts of v flammable fuel, possibly explosive missiles... and training instinct to get as far away from there as possible...???But yes it looks like something broke after it bounced up..
Petrus1983 said:
Why the f eject from a stationary plane at zero altitude. I’m sure he survived but probably bruised. Not sure why the pointy end went down like that - but overall is a bit embarrassing.
Would be interested in what you would have posted if he hadn’t ejected and it had gone up in flames or similar. Perhaps why the f didn’t he eject. Petrus1983 said:
Why the f eject from a stationary plane at zero altitude.
Here is the contact page for Martin Baker.You should phone them up and explain why all that effort and expense of developing zero-zero seats was a waste of time.
Something was clearly very wrong with that aeroplane when the pilot left it, and it looks like the ejection was delayed until it had regained a reasonably upright attitude to give the seat the best chance of working.
Edited by eharding on Friday 16th December 07:10
Whilst I love the Harrier, as the STOVL predecessor to the F35B, taking a look at it's accident rate is quite sobering
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_H...
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_H...
eharding said:
Here is the contact page for Martin Baker.
You should phone them up and explain why all that effort and expense of developing zero-zero seats was a waste of time.
Something was clearly very wrong with that aeroplane when the pilot left it, and it looks like the ejection was delayed until it had regained a reasonably upright attitude to give the seat the best chance of working.
I was wondering why he delayed so long, I'd have been yanking on the handle way before it ejected begging the sodding thing to let me out! You should phone them up and explain why all that effort and expense of developing zero-zero seats was a waste of time.
Something was clearly very wrong with that aeroplane when the pilot left it, and it looks like the ejection was delayed until it had regained a reasonably upright attitude to give the seat the best chance of working.
Despite this video it’s quite amazing how reliable the F35B has been, to say it’s hugely complex would be an understatement, only a few have had issues yet they’ve racked up thousands and thousands of hours of flight time, take offs, landings plus all the active carrier duties. A proper feat of engineering.
Kuwahara said:
If it wasn’t an auto eject that pilot played a blinder ,it’s like he waited until the aircraft was back on a flat plane and then eject and not come out side ways so to speak….
That was always a problem with the harrier - it had a nasty tendency to roll over in the hover 
Morning happy campers.
My question regarding the ejection was owing to the known dangers of ejecting at low level, the physical damage and the subsequent chances of flying again.
https://www.atlas-blue.com/can-a-pilot-fly-again-a...
My question regarding the ejection was owing to the known dangers of ejecting at low level, the physical damage and the subsequent chances of flying again.
https://www.atlas-blue.com/can-a-pilot-fly-again-a...
Petrus1983 said:
Morning happy campers.
My question regarding the ejection was owing to the known dangers of ejecting at low level, the physical damage and the subsequent chances of flying again.
https://www.atlas-blue.com/can-a-pilot-fly-again-a...
Modern seats are Zero-Zero which work pretty effectively, provided the plane is pointing in the right direction when the seat fires. It's often the best option when the aircraft is behaving unpredictably or likely to blow up etc.My question regarding the ejection was owing to the known dangers of ejecting at low level, the physical damage and the subsequent chances of flying again.
https://www.atlas-blue.com/can-a-pilot-fly-again-a...
TGCOTF-dewey said:
Does ejection trigger a kill switch for the engine?
I don't know, but I doubt it. You wouldn't want a false signal shutting down a working engine (especially single engine STOVL!), conversely if you are ejecting then the eventual outcome is already a crashed aircraft - whether or not the engine is running just changes where that crash happens. Edited by Mave on Friday 16th December 09:19
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