Originally Posted by
Mozella
After looking at the video it appears that the Snowbird pilot made the decision to zoom and eject for whatever reason. It would seem natural to want to maximize the altitude based on the rather limited capability of the Weber
I disagree. If his plan was to zoom climb and then eject he would NOT have rolled towards 80 degrees of bank at the apex of his climb. He would have ejected wings level in a climb. My real world experience as a QFI, clearly tells me he was trying a turnback to the airfield/runway of departure, pulled too hard at low IAS and stalled and spun. Its all very clearly there on the video, or I would not comment or speculate..
If the Weber seat is 0/60 its a very capable seat and an ejection during a zoom climb is clearly within its performance envelope..
A low level ejection with a high ROD was clearly not possible, as is the case with many seats.
Again, from experience, I can tell you when its time to pull the handle you pull it with all your strength, hard !