And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Some aircraft have a line of basically det cord running in a loop in the top of the canopy to shatter it before the seat and pilot come through. It's faster since there's no delay to wait for an intact jettisoned canopy to get safely clear. You can see it in Harriers, for example.
Blowing the canopy first is usually an option, but if it doesn't leave first, some seats will cut through the plexi. Some of them have a pre-cut section outlined in the roof to facilitate this, IIRC. Sort of like a pop-top can has a defined weak line to make it easy to open. Not the optimum exit route, however.
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ReplyDeleteLooks like he forgot to jettison the canopy first.
ReplyDeletePlus they're still on the ground.
Good thing then it's not a B-47.
DeleteSome aircraft have a line of basically det cord running in a loop in the top of the canopy to shatter it before the seat and pilot come through. It's faster since there's no delay to wait for an intact jettisoned canopy to get safely clear. You can see it in Harriers, for example.
DeleteI didn't know you went thru the canopy, I guess that's why you get a helmet! :-)
ReplyDeleteBlowing the canopy first is usually an option, but if it doesn't leave first, some seats will cut through the plexi. Some of them have a pre-cut section outlined in the roof to facilitate this, IIRC. Sort of like a pop-top can has a defined weak line to make it easy to open. Not the optimum exit route, however.
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