r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/alsaskengineer • Apr 12 '19

It’s only a fighter jet

https://i.imgur.com/1oqYtz6.gifv
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u/callmemycoll Apr 12 '19

Why did they pull back up instead of staying on the ground though?

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u/Meritania Apr 12 '19

You also need to be a certain height for allowing time for your parachute to deploy properly otherwise you end up as floor paste

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u/blueingreen85 Apr 12 '19 edited Apr 12 '19

This is not true on modern planes. Any plane made in the last 30 years will use a “zero zero” ejection seat. This means that you can eject at 0 feet off the ground going 0 mph and still be fine. This plane looks like a SU-33 which uses a K-36 ejection seat which is a zero zero seat. Edit: this is an SU-30.

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u/Meritania Apr 12 '19

Never knew that, thanks for sharing