Comments by "Titanium Rain" (@ChucksSEADnDEAD) on "" video.

  1. They were laser guided bombs, not missiles.
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  2. Star Wars ripped off the trench run scene from Squadron 663 and Dambusters, WWII movies.
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  3. The forces that break the aircraft apart are coming from two sources - the weight of the aircraft being pulled against the lift, and the aircraft departing from controlled flight creating a scenario where the aircraft or parts of it are acting as an air brake which imparts a force on the structure. The pilot is not being subjected to these forces until the cockpit ruptures and exposes the pilot. After that, if the seat was designed to pull the helmet and limbs into a safe position, the pilot is falling like a rock and stays together. If you could stick the arm out of an airliner you would certainly suffer a flailing injury, but if you curl into a cannonball and skydive off a cargo ramp you're good.
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  4. GPS jamming. Which doesn't make sense but roll with it.
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  5. In the US if you get medically cleared after an ejection, it's only the second one that is the career ender.
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  6. MS Flight sim attracks people who enjoy the process of performing airliner duty or take leisure flights around landmarks or even their own house. The riddiculous storage requirements and map streaming tech are there to satisfy that need.
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  7. Yes.
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  8. My favorite reply to him was the New Year's tweet about how orbiting around the sun has no meaning to the universe. Comedian Norm MacDonald said (paraphrased) that we are part of the universe and it means something to us. Even when he's "scientifically correct" you don't need to use science to explain how insufferable he is.
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  9. It's more because it's a small fuselage and if the pilot sat upright the canopy would have to be taller. Can't link source but read it on f-16 net forum.
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  10.  @johnp139  I'm right. A pilot inside the F-16 upright would require a massive canopy. The tilt back saves on height. There's no mechanism through which G load is reduced by tilting the seat 30 deg.
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