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You do not leave your plane when there is no trouble, so it depends what the damage is and if there is fire or eminent explosion danger. In a stable plane it is not that dangerous but one can imagine battle damage that will change that PDQHow dangerous would this procedure be? And how big are the chances to get hurt when leaving the plane?
I wonder if there are special rules if the command to bail-out is given by the pilot?
I found a picture on the Internet that shows the positions where the crew could or should bail out of a Liberator (B-24) bomber. The possible places are:
front wheel door, bomb bay (front & back) and the camera hatch at the end of the airplane.
I think the crew did some training on how someone has to do this because the techniques at the bomb bay and maybe the camera hatch would not be the same.
How dangerous would this procedure be? And how big are the chances to get hurt when leaving the plane?
I am asking this because I am following a story where the bomb bay door was jammed and only the camera hole could be used. The airplane itself wouldn't fly straight because of the damage she got. Therefore I assume that the "bailing out" procedure wasn't an easy one.
The Do335 went a bit further with the jettisonable rear prop and vertical stabilizer in addition to the ejection seat.Aircraft with tricycle undercarriages tended to have another danger, part of the crew sat ahead of the propellors and there was the danger of being mangelled. It's one reason the He 219 was equipped with ejection seats.
Lots of tail draggers had crew stationed ahead of the props.Aircraft with tricycle undercarriages tended to have another danger, part of the crew sat ahead of the propellors and there was the danger of being mangelled. It's one reason the He 219 was equipped with ejection seats.
Lots of tail draggers had crew stationed ahead of the props.
I'm pretty sure the restoration staff who found those were less than excitedWhen the Smithsonian's Do335 was being restored back in the 70's, they discovered the explosive bolts still intact - must have been an interesting task to remove and replace those 30 year old flash-bangs!
When the Smithsonian's Do335 was being restored back in the 70's, they discovered the explosive bolts still intact - must have been an interesting task to remove and replace those 30 year old flash-bangs!
The Do335 went a bit further with the jettisonable rear prop and vertical stabilizer in addition to the ejection seat.
I think you are thinking of the Fw190F that they restored. The Do335 had two handles that released the canopy.When the Smithsonian's Do335 was being restored back in the 70's, they discovered the explosive bolts still intact - must have been an interesting task to remove and replace those 30 year old flash-bangs!
The Do335 pilot could jettison both the vertical stabilizer and rear prop via explosive bolts.I think you are thinking of the Fw190F that they restored. The Do335 had two handles that released the canopy.
Aircraft with tricycle undercarriages tended to have another danger, part of the crew sat ahead of the propellors and there was the danger of being mangelled. It's one reason the He 219 was equipped with ejection seats.