Fighter Jet Ejection Seat Slow Mo - Rocket Sled Test At USAF High Speed Test Track

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An ejection seat is a system used to rescue the pilot of an airplane in an emergency. Usually, the seat is propelled from the plane by explosives or rockets. Once off the plane, the ejection seat's descend is controlled by using a parachute.
Here is a video showing an ejection seat test mission conducted by the USAF. There are very few missions requiring years of planning and preparation, only to be accomplished in less than six seconds. There are even fewer facilities where such a mission can take place. The Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) is a facility that enables test scientists and engineers to meet both of the above criteria. Tests on the track provide data on problems that cannot be solved by other ground test means. The tests are conducted by securing the ejection seat to a rocket-propelled sled and launching the sled to a speed identical to that of which a pilot will encounter in an actual flight.
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@weaponisedpotato7352 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how calm the crash test dummies stayed during this ejection.

@ammarmoh2757 3 жыл бұрын

Umm.... yeah sur-

@johnp139 3 жыл бұрын

They are professionals.

@joeodey2132 2 жыл бұрын

Haha

@Doorlishia 2 жыл бұрын

very professional indeed

@Orc-icide Жыл бұрын

Amazing that you think just any person can do this..

@USAFRETCMSGT 6 жыл бұрын

I worked at the Guidance Lab in the 70s and we shot sleds down the track to test missile guidance systems. I loved to watch every sled test I could. It is amazing.

@simionalexandru9546 6 жыл бұрын

USAFRETCMSGT Seems like you had a great life sir ! All my respect.

@tangonista 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the 70's I worked on the Alpha jet ejection seat test sled design for Stencel Aero. I think the tests were done at China Lake.

@moviesclips21st 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a technician in Indian AirForce I install these parachutes in ejection seat of fighter aircrafts. And when a parachute installed by me saves the life of someone i feel proud. The Last life line of A fighter pilot. ESSA(SEW)

@moonbhai4205 3 жыл бұрын

abhinandan kesa hai ab :)

@haseebpavaratty6249 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Prime Minister of India here. How are you doing?

@moonbhai4205 3 жыл бұрын

@@Gaurav_Mukherjee haha.. lol

@Thanuraj.Mysuru 2 жыл бұрын

@@moonbhai4205 sad to know that ejection didn't work in f16....rip

@domzzy6432 2 жыл бұрын

u lieing mr😂😂😂😂

@picklefish74 2 жыл бұрын

I can't even imagine going that fast on rails, because if you've ever ridden on a train, you know that rails are anything but perfectly smooth.

@Fire27hun 2 жыл бұрын

Then I don't think you've been on French TGV trains, they go faster than 300 km/h (200 mph) and they're smooth as hell

@chucksneed1264 2 жыл бұрын

@@Fire27hun they're probably maglev

@aaaaaa-hh8cq 2 жыл бұрын

@@Fire27hun I don't you've never used an express train in Japan or china I've never been there but I know it

@Nynexx 2 жыл бұрын

if you skydive from the back of a DC-10 the wind hits you like a freight train.

@drdisrespect5318 2 жыл бұрын

You realized the people you see in the videos are dummies maneqquin right? They're not real human lol

@CR1SPBAC0N 4 жыл бұрын

This is actually how my mom would drop me and my brother off at school.

@chaiyaa2times622 4 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@imav-22osprey70 4 жыл бұрын

That’s what I like to call the back to school speedrun

@CR1SPBAC0N 4 жыл бұрын

JAviation stfu, weirdo.

@o-zone1217 3 жыл бұрын

@JAviation stupid.kid.

@hasanballi7090 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a V-22 Osprey ş

@dvont1383 3 жыл бұрын

I love the times we live in... I just wondered how a ejecting seat might look like and voila, there is a video about it. Amazing.

@maxwelldestito4295 2 жыл бұрын

Truly pretty amazing to be able to wonder about something like this and then find it within minutes. i had the same thought and now I'm here.

@raion58 Жыл бұрын

I thought the same

@JoeWhinnett Жыл бұрын

What lives we live

@gspotmop8242 6 жыл бұрын

put that in a theme park.

@vimalsambath319 5 жыл бұрын

Most of people who ride this will be dead I damn sure

@brandonkostinsky2373 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ahpinge2777 4 жыл бұрын

@@vimalsambath319 Its made for you to survive

@bodz9408 4 жыл бұрын

@@ahpinge2777 then why they don't use real fighter pilots well because you will get severe bone injuries

@mteagleworld 4 жыл бұрын

Headphone Legends • 19 years ago (edited) normal people wouldn't be safe because pilots get alot of trainings for that ejection. Pilots experience a huge gravity force when they eject from fighter jets.

@michaelcowan6254 3 жыл бұрын

Me leaving my job on the last day before starting my retirement.

@josephastier7421 3 жыл бұрын

The event sequencing on those things is just amazing.

@orangelion03 5 жыл бұрын

Good times. Worked as a test engineer for McDonnell-Douglas Escape Systems Division in the early 90s. Project was Advanced Recovery Sequencer (ARS)...added a couple more modes to the seat's digital control system for broadening the envelope. Spent a few months at Holloman for 0-0 and sled tests, then went to China Lake for flight tests. At the beginning you see the air speed sensor probes on either side of the headrest pop out...these were fixed in original versions of the ACES but requirements for larger helmets (thats a long story but you can see current ones at 1:00) and canopy penetration required the sensors to stick out further. We developed that at the same time as the ARS. The test at :45 is a relatively slow speed test because you see the pilot's parachute box deploying first. Test at :53 is higher speed as you see the seat drogue deploying first...slows the seat down before deploying the pilot's chute. Watch some of the scenes closely and you can see the difference between seat drogue deployment first and pilot's chute deploying first. The last sequence shows a separate seat chute deploying as the the pilot separates...this is used only during testing to allow recovery of the seat for analysis.

@owensparks5013 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insight.

@Mirsab 5 жыл бұрын

I thought you said McDonald's 😂 not mcdonells

@user-hq4fq5gl9g 4 жыл бұрын

tell me about the brake system ?

@MrUnforgettableFabio 4 жыл бұрын

Thanx

@philipcooksey3422 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-hq4fq5gl9g brake system for what? The sled? It just coasts

@sjindal5962 5 жыл бұрын

Can i get this on passenger side in my car.without the parachute

@tanmaykumar4561 5 жыл бұрын

Um, thats not a very nice thing to do to your passengers.

@sjindal5962 5 жыл бұрын

@@tanmaykumar4561 my wife sits in pass3nger seat. Beilive me, you shud have done the same.if someone can give escape velocity to this ejection seat to reach in space, that would be awesome

@hunter49ish 4 жыл бұрын

that would be nice to have when I have to bring the ex-wife somewhere. But my daughter needs a mother.

@kreeperfrm559 4 жыл бұрын

Wish I had that for my ex

@m4a1_delta66 4 жыл бұрын

@@kreeperfrm559 EJECTO SEATO CUZZZ XDDDDD

@seoceancrosser 6 жыл бұрын

If this was a ride, I would ride it.

@ferrarikingdom 6 жыл бұрын

seoceancrosser pass out and be exposed to 12-20 gs.

@felixbaum2180 5 жыл бұрын

This is only for ejection seat testing right? Not for human training?

@kballs94 5 жыл бұрын

your legs would snap instantly

@shaunnazari1961 5 жыл бұрын

+ferrarikingdom Actually 18gs!!!!!

@Saadbsth 5 жыл бұрын

You dont like your spine i guess

@mofo7689 2 жыл бұрын

1983 HS grad from Alamo. I actually shook the hand of Dr Stapp during career day at the Sr HS. He retired as AF Col that was also the engineer and designer of what the world now calls "test dummies". He first tested everything on himself; and was nearly killed doing so. His sled is now at the International Space Hall of Fame against the hill in Alamogordo. Retired Col Kittinger held the longest freefall record (Long Lonely Leap), and Col Stapp (Rocket Sled Test). It was the greatest honor of history I ever felt.

@s4dg 3 жыл бұрын

my dad when i was born: dude i read like 50 comments trying to find somebody who already posted this and some how nobody did!

@qwe-ju3uv 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry what does it mean

@s4dg 3 жыл бұрын

@@qwe-ju3uv it means you’re autistic

@qwe-ju3uv 3 жыл бұрын

@@s4dg maybe I am. So your dad jumps out from being extremely happy? Man I don't get it

@s4dg 3 жыл бұрын

@@qwe-ju3uv imagine having a dad Okay, so I thought you were some one else and this was on a different video. Basically the joke is that he gets away as fast as possible

@qwe-ju3uv 3 жыл бұрын

@@s4dgah okay

@david_1630 3 жыл бұрын

I need this for my car for when my social battery runs out.

@bug10100 3 жыл бұрын

The seat has its own parashoot. That's badass😎

@ruandurand3971 Жыл бұрын

That is only during testing, it is added so the seat can be recovered in one piece and examined. In opperational aircraft the seat goes bye bye.

@lucascarter1641 6 жыл бұрын

Ejecto seato, cuz!

@michaelford1124 4 жыл бұрын

maricooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnn!!!!

@kcmo1992 4 жыл бұрын

Jose first!

@USMilitaryUM 3 жыл бұрын

the most amazing jet ever

@finneganhansen4033 3 жыл бұрын

Cap. It wasn’t the a-10

@andrewdoesyt7787 3 жыл бұрын

@@finneganhansen4033 the A-10 is obsolete compared to this.

@finneganhansen4033 3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewdoesyt7787 cap

@jango3409 3 жыл бұрын

@Ulises Julian You guys can stop anytime you want

@TangoAFK 3 жыл бұрын

@@finneganhansen4033 cap it's the harrier

@davidhoffman1278 5 жыл бұрын

It was nice to see some of the initial port or starboard steering that is done so the seats don't collide in a two seat ejection.

@johnp139 4 жыл бұрын

David Hoffman the thrust divergent rockets?

@CB-lt4zc 3 жыл бұрын

That is one hell of a ride!

@civiSapper 4 жыл бұрын

I would pay the million dollars from my drinks. But I appreciate you as a friend and brother with some hard work and long painful days and nights working around the clock once it’s finished.

@sihartobing9570 6 жыл бұрын

Good Vid. To test the ejection seat on hight speed, ....Bravo.

@Life_is_Awesome_Civil 3 жыл бұрын

How he felt while flying in air

@lukesylvester2022 3 жыл бұрын

like an airplane

@stuss744 3 жыл бұрын

It was a dummy.

@html69 3 жыл бұрын

Like broken spine

@K-EDUCATE 2 жыл бұрын

It was an dummy lol

@alang6312 3 жыл бұрын

Insane . Cool video 👌🏽

@cornellwaters9089 4 жыл бұрын

✈️ Thank You!

@jayrad8321 3 жыл бұрын

wow. spectacular footage.

@okrcaero 3 жыл бұрын

Stunning job!!!

@ilPadrinoCorleone 2 жыл бұрын

That is insanely cool

@hawaiianbiceps9784 6 жыл бұрын

What’s with the creepy music?

@ouden9445 6 жыл бұрын

yhea

@Bankable2790 3 жыл бұрын

Really dope tbh sounded like a dark 5 or whatever that channel is

@Surrenitie 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice

@Bankable2790 3 жыл бұрын

Almost sounds a bit like slowed down Boards of Canada, like maybe Peacock Tail

@Tiaki973 3 жыл бұрын

it's a life threatening exercise

@jeelanishaik6496 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely rollercoaster 😍

@mizzoupatriot8814 2 жыл бұрын

What a simple but effective invention.

@chrisc6758 6 жыл бұрын

Mike Silver was having a pretty bad day!

@xavierlopez7096 2 жыл бұрын

Quality content rite here

@grungeboy619 3 жыл бұрын

this is awesome!

@ahmedumar8090 3 жыл бұрын

Now put that cool mind calming music in the back ground- that tan tan tan tan.....Tan tan.....tan tan.

@alexandrossotiropoulos5621 4 жыл бұрын

A roller coaster with F16s! and ejection seats!

@carljeong 3 жыл бұрын

My uncle Bond also has this in his car so that he can easily drop me off to the school.

@Wilson-fr7ux 3 жыл бұрын

Now this is ⭐️ Stark Industries ⭐️

@HHSTT 4 жыл бұрын

What a ride!

@trentalverez6183 4 жыл бұрын

Damned that was a blaster how many grannies wer tha pullin 👍🏻onglabongla

@dubeyd5384 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@thantunaunggoldeneagle7391 2 жыл бұрын

***I LOVE AIRCRAFT*** TY !

@Willysmb44 4 жыл бұрын

Just imagine, not that long ago, the only way they could test these things is put a PERSON inside and go through the entire procedure!

@lolbor2287 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think so I think they used dummies

@blackcoatlegal 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@boxer1129 2 жыл бұрын

Looks comfy

@jeronewolf5564 3 жыл бұрын

When some who was meant to be a one night stand says she loves you

@roymoreau1883 3 жыл бұрын

We got a stage 3 clinger.

@bestamerica 3 жыл бұрын

' hope both men are alright safety down to the ground... no no hurt / injury / pain

@HelloTardis 3 жыл бұрын

They were dummies. Test dummies.

@Ram-lu1wn 5 жыл бұрын

World will never know how many people died to make this technology possible.

@quincyamazingness7959 3 жыл бұрын

What's Up US Marines US Army? Very Manly & Very Charming I highly admire brave souls Godspeed 🇺🇸 ✡️🍁

@Bladerunner4924764 3 жыл бұрын

Sure glad that rear seater ejects first or he'd be a crispy critter in the blink of an eye.

@Solo-M-rf4em 3 жыл бұрын

All politicians need this as part of their requirements to help jolt their brains into working condition.

@bethanyleonalemleykottonqu7570 2 жыл бұрын

So that’s what that is. I have a heart attack if I ever had to do that

@libertyforever4270 4 жыл бұрын

Now they know how Slim Pickings felt. Yeeyaahoooooo!

@YoungWhopper 4 жыл бұрын

It really annoys me that people think that this is a funny thing to do. A ejection at this speed puts such an unbelievable amount of pressure on the body, that you would rather jump infront of a car than do that!!!

@johnp139 3 жыл бұрын

Getting hit by a car is much worse.

@raghavmeena2440 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice

@journeyfurthur6396 3 жыл бұрын

Omg that’s insane!!!! How could pilots survive the that? Holy s***

@darshanshah015 5 жыл бұрын

Flying Beast 💪

@wawansupriantoro4278 3 жыл бұрын

Good tehnology save for pilot ....i like

@Slickgoodlin Жыл бұрын

A separate parachute for the seat is only done for test runs in order to save the for later inspection.

@torstein8660 4 жыл бұрын

Am not the only one whos always wanted to do this as a kid, right?

@nicholasanderson1132 2 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to lmao

@justpassingthrough.808 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely an E ticket ride. Only us old folks will understand.

@thomasodetinape4180 3 жыл бұрын

They need this at Kings Island. I'd stand in line for 3 hours for this.

@bearschmidt3180 3 жыл бұрын

And never stand again after your ride .

@rolls8636 Жыл бұрын

Woooow! One more time!

@borgessantoscardoso3010 3 жыл бұрын

Muito bom

@MrSeth166 3 жыл бұрын

I called that "The ride of your life"

@kevinr5187 Жыл бұрын

I worked on both F16’s and F111’s. The ejection on an F111 was an ejection capsule, the whole cockpit ejected from the aircraft. Every so often we had a TCTO/preventative maintenance item we did changing out a fire bottle squib in the nose wheel well. The discharge of the rocket motor for the ejection capsule was right in your face. Needless to say it was a little concerning with you face right there. 😮

@MrUnforgettableFabio 4 жыл бұрын

One of best escape system. Damn.. only for the low level performing.

@raccoonmoustache 4 жыл бұрын

Might be a scary experience

@ericpattersom9998 3 жыл бұрын

Damn the pilots didnt even blink once

@notsteve6641 3 жыл бұрын

Their body didn't react fast enough for them to blink

@HelloTardis 3 жыл бұрын

Those are test dummies

@hirumbiffidum9145 6 жыл бұрын

The origin of the term "Murphy's Law" and the experiments in the 1950's

@tomservo5007 4 жыл бұрын

Before human trials, what kind of animal do they strap in and do a full test run ?

@saidibrahimcadliftstudio2410 2 жыл бұрын

see @1:21, I like that way they arrange to launch the seats, if they launch the front pilot first the rear pilot will be burn or he will get a bad hurt .

@xouravphukan8239 6 жыл бұрын

It's awesome

@danielthrasher2332 8 ай бұрын

WOW what a rush 🤠

@IDAHOJAKE 3 жыл бұрын

What Gs they pulling on that ejection? Damn. Brutal.

@johnp139 3 жыл бұрын

12-18 vertically.

@hanshukebein 3 жыл бұрын

i think most of you dont understand the amount of force the pilot is hit with

@omarflores2769 2 жыл бұрын

Facts. They have about 2 ejections before they experience permanent damage to their spine

@davidhoffman1278 5 жыл бұрын

I am hoping we eventually get to see the tests of the new seats for the Boeing T-X. The ejection seats in the T-38 are quite different in how they operate from how modern ejection seats operate.

@broncokonco 3 жыл бұрын

There is a video on Boeing's twitter and FB of the 395 KEAS sled test and 0:0 test.

@jimrockfish1875 3 жыл бұрын

I’m curious if the pilots land faster than a typical parachute landing. I understand a standard parachute landing is the equivalent of jumping off a four foot high table.

@mofo7689 2 жыл бұрын

You leave an aircraft traveling at a horizontal speed. The parachute opens VERY quick because the air is forced into the chute at a sideways angle. After maybe 100 feet of returning the the ground, the sideways speed has bled off and you land the same way as jumping from a tall building. Under ideal conditions, it is just like the 3 meter board into a swimming pool.

@jimrockfish1875 2 жыл бұрын

@@mofo7689 I was thinking vertical and based on the assumption the chutes spend less time open compared to a typical jump so have less time to slow the decent although the pilots fall from a lower altitude. The question of horizontal speed is interesting too.

@dam78 3 жыл бұрын

The amount of G force in this video..

@dkoz8321 3 жыл бұрын

I want everyone to know, that my dad my grandpa, are 100% patriotic Americans HEROES! Actively contributing to this program, and our Nation's defense. You can see them in the video. I hope to one day follow in their steps, and take my place in the test cockpit as PROUD US AIR FORCE EJECTION SEAT DUMMY!. HOOORAY!!!!!

@johnp139 3 жыл бұрын

Aunt LOIS and Uncle LARD.

@Thekennel177 4 жыл бұрын

Get that ride to Disneyland right now!

@Bankable2790 3 жыл бұрын

Lol the creepy music makes it all the better

@outofcontextdude130 2 жыл бұрын

Why is there unsettling ambiance playing. Hm?

@generalvictorironraven.1347 2 жыл бұрын

My wso: perfectly fine Me nearly a half second after he punches out: *crunch

@stevieb8865 6 жыл бұрын

Nice rollercoaster 😎

@Orc-icide Жыл бұрын

Damn looks like the bumpy ride would be more uncomfortable than the ejection. A rocket traveling on rails. Jeez

@ringmasterjeb3453 3 жыл бұрын

1st dummy dropped his motion sickness bag.

@holgueroswaldoquezadaaguir605 5 жыл бұрын

Genial

@joewoodchuck3824 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder what causes the initial vertical movement until the seat rocket ignites. Springs?

@abhinavsharma9243 5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same. I also think that springs are used because hydraulic system would be clumsy, costly and not as fast as a mechanical system.

@Scorty89 5 жыл бұрын

An explosive charge like a large shotgun shell pushes the seat up until the rocket motor is ignited with the seat near the top of the rails.

@tangonista 4 жыл бұрын

It's all pyrotechnics. The ejection seat is practically a collection of bombs which go off in a controlled fashion. When I worked in the engineering dept, we all had "bombs" in our desk drawers and from time to time management would realize it and they'd purge our desk drawers of the pyrotechnic devices... It's wonder we didn't all blow up.