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Jet Ejection Seat Design
Ejection seats have saved an estimated 12 to 13,000 lives since the mid-1940s. A complex explosive sequence propels pilots out of doomed planes. The 200-lb ejection seat, with its 3,500 or so parts, ensures the survival of pilots. Ejecting pilots briefly experience an astonishing 18 Gs of force and face dangerous high velocity air flow. Here’s how Martin-Baker’s Mk16 seat works. If the pilot ejects above 16,400 feet where oxygen is scarce, sensors on the...
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