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Old 17th Mar 2019, 18:25
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Fonsini
 
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I wonder what the acceleration numbers are like on the latest seats, spinal injuries were very common on early “bang” seats with their huge initial acceleration, but the later rocket seats helped immensely. I recall reading that experiments with soft seat cushions as opposed to hard cushions actually resulted in worse injuries.

Ejection seat technology is fascinating.
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