TU-95 Bear "Ejection System"
Discussion
I've seen photos of the interior of the Bear before and thought the floor looked a little odd but didn't pay attention to it.
I was just reading about the one that caught fire on take off at Ukrainka and thought "Wonder if they could have ejected?" so Googled a little.
Turns out that funky looking floor is a conveyor belt
and if you need to exit the plane in an emergency the flight engineer pushes a button that opens a hatch in the nosegear and starts the conveyor belt, and apparently the crew "roll" onto the conveyor belt and are conveyed through the hatch.
I'm quite speechless at that one!
I was just reading about the one that caught fire on take off at Ukrainka and thought "Wonder if they could have ejected?" so Googled a little.
Turns out that funky looking floor is a conveyor belt
and if you need to exit the plane in an emergency the flight engineer pushes a button that opens a hatch in the nosegear and starts the conveyor belt, and apparently the crew "roll" onto the conveyor belt and are conveyed through the hatch.I'm quite speechless at that one!
dr_gn said:
It's not for emergency exits: They have to start the conveyor belt in order to take off.
Sounds like an episode of Mythbusters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ul_5DtMLhcThe Russians have never had much luck with ejector seats, the early Mig-23 had a bit of a design flaw with its seat.
http://www.amazon.com/Stepan-Anastasovich-Mikoyan-...
I'll dig out my copy and post up a picture of the passage that describes the problem
http://www.amazon.com/Stepan-Anastasovich-Mikoyan-...
I'll dig out my copy and post up a picture of the passage that describes the problem
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