Tornado Down Part 2
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Firstly glad the crew got out and here is hoping for a swift recovery for any injuries sustained.
Now a bone question from an ex-stacker.
When the old MBs leave the aircraft is there any form of 'kill switch' to cut fuel to the engines or do they just carry on regardless, obviously bearing in mind any issues that caused said assisted departure?
My knowledge of such things is restricted to sitting in the back of various aircraft and hazy memories of the "junp, jump Johnny" Chipmunk procedural film from AEF days.
Now a bone question from an ex-stacker.
When the old MBs leave the aircraft is there any form of 'kill switch' to cut fuel to the engines or do they just carry on regardless, obviously bearing in mind any issues that caused said assisted departure?
My knowledge of such things is restricted to sitting in the back of various aircraft and hazy memories of the "junp, jump Johnny" Chipmunk procedural film from AEF days.
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Theres a crash switch stacker that i believe cuts power and fuel to the engines and discharges the extinguishers into the engines but i may be wrong im only a liney 
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Stacker the pilot has a lead that pulls the key out fo the ignition when they eject, just like if you fall off of a jet ski. Hope that helps.
I bet the one in the Tornado cost a few hundred grand though...
There is a crash switch that does all sorts of things but it has to be operated by the pilot. In this case it looks as if someone will have had to climb into the cockpit and shut it all down.
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Sorry to burst any bubbles,
when a tonka crew bang out, the engines etc still have to be shut down,
there are crash switches which the fire crews use,
i would suggest that , that is one of the reasons for the ladders being upto the cockpits of an empty jet!!!
when a tonka crew bang out, the engines etc still have to be shut down,
there are crash switches which the fire crews use,
i would suggest that , that is one of the reasons for the ladders being upto the cockpits of an empty jet!!!
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Stacker the pilot has a lead that pulls the key out fo the ignition when they eject, just like if you fall off of a jet ski. Hope that helps.
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Thanks for the sensible answer Timelord.
Having spent my entire career working with SH and the limited amount of crash/fire training given whilst on TSW (pull/push yellow and black bits, squirt extinguisher in specific places) the world of fast, pointy things is a bit of a mystery.
Having spent my entire career working with SH and the limited amount of crash/fire training given whilst on TSW (pull/push yellow and black bits, squirt extinguisher in specific places) the world of fast, pointy things is a bit of a mystery.
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Was it a take off or landing roll? NWS fail? uncommanded steering input?? ICO no longer wired up these days???
Dunno whats going on with the GR punteroes these days...
...totally tongue in cheek of course; more than happy Mr MB did the business and the crew vacated safely, nothing like heading askew towards some of NATO's finest concrete to make your mind up.
Dunno whats going on with the GR punteroes these days...
...totally tongue in cheek of course; more than happy Mr MB did the business and the crew vacated safely, nothing like heading askew towards some of NATO's finest concrete to make your mind up.
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tried posting this earlier...
fire crews would have had to shut the jet down, as there is no "key" etc
the crew wont have done it as they used the express departure method!!!
glad they are ok!
tried posting this earlier...
fire crews would have had to shut the jet down, as there is no "key" etc
the crew wont have done it as they used the express departure method!!!
glad they are ok!
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tried posting this earlier...
fire crews would have had to shut the jet down, as there is no "key" etc
the crew wont have done it as they used the express departure method!!!
glad they are ok!
How would you know smarty pants?
Maybe they operated the crash switch before they ejected?
tried posting this earlier...
fire crews would have had to shut the jet down, as there is no "key" etc
the crew wont have done it as they used the express departure method!!!
glad they are ok!
How would you know smarty pants?
Maybe they operated the crash switch before they ejected?
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Cor, I recognise that HAS site. Spent a couple of years there when it was new.
I have to say, if I was driving one of these jet thingies and it was heading towards a HAS I'd get out the quickest way possible!
I have to say, if I was driving one of these jet thingies and it was heading towards a HAS I'd get out the quickest way possible!
I seem to remember that the crash switch is also designed to move under impact. (Sort of like the one in modern cars that cuts off the fuel pump and activates the hazard lights.)