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Old 19th Nov 2021, 01:59
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tartare
 
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Indeed - all that thrust vectoring vertical out the back and no lift-fan vector - it'd just pitch forward and somersault.
So they might hear a fraction of a second sound of the klaxon before being catapulted out...
This also:
https://www.fujitsu.com/downloads/MI...10-01-2330.pdf
Sounds like it's the ICAWS which makes the punch out decision when auto-eject is armed.
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