Originally Posted by
Stitchbitch
Agreed, but definitely not helped by the pilot being motored up vey high in the seat..
Apparently some newbies were not strapping in TIGHT ENOUGH so that they would then bounce on the seat. Apparently these newbies claimed they could not reach the ejection seat handle but I think the 'weapon jettison handle' was mislabelled by news reporters misunderstanding. The nose strut was made 'not so bouncy' which also helped a taxiing issue about bounce. I guess this bounce is exacerbated at low aircraft weight, while several bigwigs say it is not a problem at normal/heavy not carqual light weights. Anyway several other tweaks appear to have solved the bounce problem.