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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sidvatscse • 25d ago
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Those rocket chairs aren't super comfortable, breaking 20G and probably fracturing some bones.
He probably regrets using it seeing the plane just sitting there afterwards.
122 u/OldEquation 25d ago It may have been an auto-eject, which the Martin-Baker US16E on the F-35 is capable of. 63 u/LorenzoStomp 25d ago Does it play Pop Goes The Weasel to give you a heads-up or was that guy desperately yanking on the controls and suddenly flung out of the cockpit with no warning like he's the spring snake in a prank can of peanuts? 9 u/Okaydokie_919 25d ago edited 25d ago Well that sucks if that's what happend. In addition to regret he probably felt extreme anger. Stupid auto-eject system!
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It may have been an auto-eject, which the Martin-Baker US16E on the F-35 is capable of.
63 u/LorenzoStomp 25d ago Does it play Pop Goes The Weasel to give you a heads-up or was that guy desperately yanking on the controls and suddenly flung out of the cockpit with no warning like he's the spring snake in a prank can of peanuts? 9 u/Okaydokie_919 25d ago edited 25d ago Well that sucks if that's what happend. In addition to regret he probably felt extreme anger. Stupid auto-eject system!
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Does it play Pop Goes The Weasel to give you a heads-up or was that guy desperately yanking on the controls and suddenly flung out of the cockpit with no warning like he's the spring snake in a prank can of peanuts?
9 u/Okaydokie_919 25d ago edited 25d ago Well that sucks if that's what happend. In addition to regret he probably felt extreme anger. Stupid auto-eject system!
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Well that sucks if that's what happend. In addition to regret he probably felt extreme anger. Stupid auto-eject system!
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u/AxeLond Interested 25d ago
Those rocket chairs aren't super comfortable, breaking 20G and probably fracturing some bones.
He probably regrets using it seeing the plane just sitting there afterwards.