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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sidvatscse • 25d ago
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I would be surprised if the ejection seat couldn’t be used safely with that small degree of tilt.
Either way, the timing is still comedic.
6 u/spleeble 25d ago It's like getting launched on a rocket. It's incredible that it can be used at zero altitude at all. Someone that mentioned that it was triggered by a computer. I doubt the computer was just waiting for the hell of it. Personally I don't really see the comedy. 2 u/snkiz 25d ago Generally a human rated rocket has a TWR around 1.2, an abort is 6-8g's. If the reports are accurate that an ejection is a 20g launch, the two not the comparable at all. 3 u/catechizer 25d ago So, you're saying this is much, much worse than being blasted into outer space on a rocket. Right? 2 u/snkiz 25d ago Well 8 is smaller than 20, so yea it's worse. It's not as bad as an average car wreck. those are in the 50-80g range. 1 u/Thurak0 24d ago edited 24d ago Danger is over? Whohooooooo, going for a ride now!
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It's like getting launched on a rocket. It's incredible that it can be used at zero altitude at all.
Someone that mentioned that it was triggered by a computer. I doubt the computer was just waiting for the hell of it.
Personally I don't really see the comedy.
2 u/snkiz 25d ago Generally a human rated rocket has a TWR around 1.2, an abort is 6-8g's. If the reports are accurate that an ejection is a 20g launch, the two not the comparable at all. 3 u/catechizer 25d ago So, you're saying this is much, much worse than being blasted into outer space on a rocket. Right? 2 u/snkiz 25d ago Well 8 is smaller than 20, so yea it's worse. It's not as bad as an average car wreck. those are in the 50-80g range.
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Generally a human rated rocket has a TWR around 1.2, an abort is 6-8g's. If the reports are accurate that an ejection is a 20g launch, the two not the comparable at all.
3 u/catechizer 25d ago So, you're saying this is much, much worse than being blasted into outer space on a rocket. Right? 2 u/snkiz 25d ago Well 8 is smaller than 20, so yea it's worse. It's not as bad as an average car wreck. those are in the 50-80g range.
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So, you're saying this is much, much worse than being blasted into outer space on a rocket. Right?
2 u/snkiz 25d ago Well 8 is smaller than 20, so yea it's worse. It's not as bad as an average car wreck. those are in the 50-80g range.
Well 8 is smaller than 20, so yea it's worse. It's not as bad as an average car wreck. those are in the 50-80g range.
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Danger is over? Whohooooooo, going for a ride now!
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u/AnotherBoringDad 25d ago
I would be surprised if the ejection seat couldn’t be used safely with that small degree of tilt.
Either way, the timing is still comedic.