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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
If a pilot ejects and that person weighs less than 70Kg, spinal injury is almost a certainty! ( due the initial acceleration/g's from the seat wanting to snap their necks.) The bigger the pilot, the less severe the injury...but simply put...injuries were expected regardless.  |
That's interesting P. Sounds like they should use less and/or staged explosives in the ejection mechanism and/or that it should be a function of pilot weight possibly determined by load cell in the seat or setting before flight. It's just an extension of what is done in motor vehicles with air bags firing or not depending on seat occupancy. Or add weight (unlikey in an aircraft setting) or have a few extra parmas every week in the mess.
And 5% of GDP to boot 
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JA