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Underwear Ninja comes with Space Suit
to blog or not to blog, which is the path a true underwear ninja must take? whichever path it be, it will surely be a rough-hewn one. argyle, possibly. |
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Friday, June 23, 2006
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i watched some videos of plane crashes
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has anybody else ever wondered why they don't put ejection seats in commercial airlines? is it too expensive? too heavy? too technical and tricky to get right?
it seems to me that since this kind of technology has been around for a while, it would be possible.
i dunno, like if they were going down then the pilot and pull a lever or push a series of buttons and people can get ejected. the seats have parachutes and you're strapped in the seat.
what do you think? impractical?
as it stands right now, if your plane should happen to go down in any circumstance, you're a gonner; in a cage of death and there's nothing that anyone can do. it sure would be cool if, o i dunno, we could escape! |
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posted by underwear ninja
11:22 PM
 
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OK, 1) Almost nobody actually dies in the crash itself. They die when the plane catches on fire and the smoke fills the cabin. It's a blinding experience and they have to try to feel their way around. Plus, if the plane was full of fuel, it's likely to be on fire all around the plane (again, no escape).
2) Ejection seats require the plane's canopy to be blown off first... this is really hard to do in a commercial jetliner.
3) Each ejection seat requires it's own explosive device to propel it up and out at a very fast rate. I don't think the FAA will ever let passengers sit on an explosive device.
4. Once you're ejected, you have to know how to drive your parachute. Most people wouldn't know how to steer or brake and woudld likely end up falling to their grizzly dooms.
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OK, 1) Almost nobody actually dies in the crash itself. They die when the plane catches on fire and the smoke fills the cabin. It's a blinding experience and they have to try to feel their way around. Plus, if the plane was full of fuel, it's likely to be on fire all around the plane (again, no escape).
2) Ejection seats require the plane's canopy to be blown off first... this is really hard to do in a commercial jetliner.
3) Each ejection seat requires it's own explosive device to propel it up and out at a very fast rate. I don't think the FAA will ever let passengers sit on an explosive device.
4. Once you're ejected, you have to know how to drive your parachute. Most people wouldn't know how to steer or brake and woudld likely end up falling to their grizzly dooms.