F22 canopy fails to open, pilot trapped all day

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Ramma2
Those jets cost like 82 bajillion dollars, and that seat looks like its from a 1972 VW with the cover and stuffing eaten out by rodents.

Yeah, but I bet it doesn't catch on fire!

 

[CaptnKirk]

Originally posted by: Sphexi

$182,000 for a canopy

That's sitting in a crate, no rework yet done.

Originally posted by: Ramma2

Those jets cost like 82 bajillion dollars, and that seat looks like its from a 1972 VW with the cover and stuffing eaten out by rodents.

They don't put upolstery in the seats of fighter jets - the CORRECT padding is part of the flight suit.
it's a little thing about ejection seats & static electricity.
You're looking at 'anti-glare covering' - no inside the cockpit reflection of light.

Computer/electronics position sensors failed after repeated commands did not clear the release sequence.
My guess is that it was an intermitent signal, and fail safed in the lock down position.
These are usually the result of a maximum tolerance electrical socket contact mated with a minimum tolerance electrical pin contact.
Vibration gives an alternating on-off-on-off signal, so the computer locks down the system to prevent accidental deployment.

 

[arcenite]

I would love to have one of those in my garage

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: arcenite
I would love to have one of those in my garage

I would rather have the pallet of money a F22 costs in my garage.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Originally posted by: FFactory0x
Are you kidding me. Look at the inside of that thing. WTF?!?! Looks like like they took some unused carpen and made a seat out of it and strapped in a logitec controller in there. Where is the trottle contols? Where is the break etc. WHAT A PIECE F ******

:roll:

 

[firewall]

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: arcenite
I would love to have one of those in my garage

I would rather have the pallet of money a F22 costs in my garage.

QFT!

 

[TGS]

Assuming that picture is facing north (firefighters are kinda in the way ) you could turn to the east and see where I worked.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: PowerMacG5
I'm surprised they let them late pics of the inside of the jet. Not that we can see much, but still, this is one of the most advanced planes ever produced by the US.

EDIT: Also, why did the Engineers let the firefighters drag the glass over the body and damage the LO? You gotta wonder who's pocket the money to fix this is coming from. Oh wait, it comes from our collective pockets, joy.

Who that crap buys that expensive of an aircraft without the extended warranty plan?

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Ramma2
Those jets cost like 82 bajillion dollars, and that seat looks like its from a 1972 VW with the cover and stuffing eaten out by rodents.

its an ejection seat.. its not a Ferrari...
This is Military hardware it needs to only function doesnt have to look good..

that is just a cover for the seatpan survival equipement anyway.. its hard as a rock..

it looks like the Inside of our F/A-18C/Ds I worked on for 8 years. same displays and looks like the same series ejection seat.

as long as the displays are off nothing is confidential..

I swear by looking at the responses to this thread that none of you have ever been exposed to Military aircraft.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: captains
was waiting for pilot to hit ejection button

Yeah, I was thinking why not eject to save the $182K?

Yeah, the pilot w/b bruised up a bit, but still.

 

[Epic Fail]

should have let the engineers have more time to figure out what is wrong before cutting the cockpit open for 180k, let the pilot piss his pants if they have to.

 

[Rubycon]

Wow the thought of having a chainsaw blade inches away from the skull is terrifying. :shocked:

Screw the plane, they can build more.

Where's that machine that tore up the minivan?

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Fern

Originally posted by: captains
was waiting for pilot to hit ejection button

Yeah, I was thinking why not eject to save the $182K?

Yeah, the pilot w/b bruised up a bit, but still.

Uhm - you realize that ejecting would destroy the canopy also - as well as the ejection seat and other misc. hardware. Not to mention that a zero/zero ejection, while possible, isn't the safest thing.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Uhm - you realize that ejecting would destroy the canopy also - as well as the ejection seat and other misc. hardware. Not to mention that a zero/zero ejection, while possible, isn't the safest thing.

I got court marshalled for doing just that. Falcon 3.0 was great. Ah the memories.

 

[CVSiN]

what I dont understand is that all these fighter aircraft have a crank you can use when the canopy is out of power or the mech gets messed up.. why didnt they just crank it open..

or in the rare case that doesnt work and you have to destroy the canopy anyway fire/rescue woulda just used the canopy jettison emergency switch... it doesnt eject the pilot just ejects the canopy away from the aircraft.

we had it happen a few times with hornets pilots would accidently pull the wrong lever lol..

 

[tommywishbone]

I bet Steven Siegal could have gotten out of that mess. If not, you-know-who, could have gotten out with one chop.


I guessing ejecting from a stationary plane, is still much more expensive than cutting the canopy. I'm pretty sure ejecting from a flying plane is.

 

[EyeMWing]

Because an ejection trashes a $182,000 canopy, a $200,000 ejection seat, and $75,000,000 worth of electronics, probably zeros out all the data stored in all the electronics that DO survive, risks setting secondary fires and explosions - hell, for all we know, the damn things are rigged to explode on punchout, risks a pilot's life, and is generally a bad thing(TM)

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Because an ejection trashes a $182,000 canopy, a $200,000 ejection seat, and $75,000,000 worth of electronics, probably zeros out all the data stored in all the electronics that DO survive, risks setting secondary fires and explosions - hell, for all we know, the damn things are rigged to explode on punchout, risks a pilot's life, and is generally a bad thing(TM)

Not only that but even todays 0/0 seats arnt 100% safe...

and even successful ejections can end a pilots years of flying.
not only the damage to the aircraft... the rockets fry the entire cockpit when a seat goes off...
the aircraft does not explode but the cockpit is basically 100% loss...

we had seats go off when I was in. messy cleanup when some newbie planecaptian accidently pulled a level with his foot getting into a plane that a pilot had left and not safed the seat..

 

[maddogchen]

Well.....it could be worse right? it could have been stuck while he had to eject and he gets shot through the canopy....eck!

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
Well.....it could be worse right? it could have been stuck while he had to eject and he gets shot through the canopy....eck!

actually that seat will go right through that canopy open or closed.. this isnt top gun.. the seats are designed to punch through..

 

[maddogchen]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: maddogchen
Well.....it could be worse right? it could have been stuck while he had to eject and he gets shot through the canopy....eck!

actually that seat will go right through that canopy open or closed.. this isnt top gun.. the seats are designed to punch through..

yeah, thats why I said shot through. It would be worse case for the pilot having to go through that. An ejection is the last thing you ever want to go through, and getting shot through the canopy only makes your day worse.

 

[NFS4]

I hope his A/C was working...would hate to sit under the baking sun all day under that canopy

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I hope his A/C was working...would hate to sit under the backing sun all day under that canopy

:laugh:

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I hope his A/C was working...would hate to sit under the backing sun all day under that canopy

the only way he had AC was if they brought in an external one or let let him turn his APU which while firefighters were working on the Aircraft which isnt something that normally happens.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: NFS4
I hope his A/C was working...would hate to sit under the backing sun all day under that canopy

:laugh:

It looks like they rolled the plane into a hanger, and then pulled it back out to cut the top off.