Multi-crew canopy jettison and ejection restriction ?

Hi !

My friend who will be my RIO like do stupid things to troll me. He already threaten me to jettisson canopy or eject myself if I bother him (what I like to do of course ^^). :helpsmilie: :P

So, will there be an option to inhibit canopy and ejection control from one or the other crew station ? :D

Don't worry, everything will be fine :angel:

There's usually a switch to control if both are ejected or just the back seat.

There's usually a switch to control if both are ejected or just the back seat.

Yes but it's in the RIO station... XD

Yes but it's in the RIO station... XD

Well, that's a stupid place to put it :music_whistling:

http://www.vfp62.com/f14_rio.html :thumbup:

nope, you are at the mercy of your buddy. However, the first time is funny. But the second, time to find a new RIO...

If you had trust issues, couldn‘t you disarm the ejection seat in flight? Is that even possible with the canopy closed? Is the clickspot to disarm it available for the RIO as well? So many questions and only one way to find out.

The old Martin Baker seats didn't have any kind of arming handle on them, it was purely a series of safety pins fitted into the firing unit sears and through various components, as in seat pan firing handle.

Just wanted to share a bit of knowledge, and yes I know it was a tongue in cheek topic, but couldn't help myself.

Interesting, I did not know that. Thanks for sharing.

The old Martin Baker seats didn't have any kind of arming handle on them, it was purely a series of safety pins fitted into the firing unit sears and through various components, as in seat pan firing handle.

Just wanted to share a bit of knowledge, and yes I know it was a tongue in cheek topic, but couldn't help myself.

The MB seats in the F14 had two arming points. A tab for the upper curtain and a lever type handle for the lower handle. This was in addition to a bunch of pins used when the jet was in maintenance or at an airshow or overnight ramp somewhere.

The rocket sear was open and accessible, and one had to be very aware of not bumping it. It happened once with catastrophic consequences for the crew.

The MB seats in the F14 had two arming points. A tab for the upper curtain and a lever type handle for the lower handle. This was in addition to a bunch of pins used when the jet was in maintenance or at an airshow or overnight ramp somewhere.

 

The rocket sear was open and accessible, and one had to be very aware of not bumping it. It happened once with catastrophic consequences for the crew.

Ok cool, wasn't aware that that system was implemented. Thanks for the heads up.

If you had trust issues, couldn‘t you disarm the ejection seat in flight? Is that even possible with the canopy closed? Is the clickspot to disarm it available for the RIO as well? So many questions and only one way to find out.

If that's the case the RIO will be like this:

The rocket sear was open and accessible, and one had to be very aware of not bumping it. It happened once with catastrophic consequences for the crew.

I read that accident report, if it's the one on the carrier. I'm guessing that became required reading after it happened?

We stupidly carried personal gear in the turtle back on cross countries. You were supposed to pin the seat before removal. I had never heard of anyone carrying anything back there for a carrier trap before.

When something like that happened, the incident was described with the remedy in a fleet wide message pending a NATOPS change. It’s in there as a Warning now.