Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
So you are saying the seats in even the later versions weren’t 0/0 capable? Yes.....I said it was a big fighter; too big in some respects and a beast in others.
I nothing nothing about the requirement to manually jettison the canopy in certain situations (not my aircraft), but it wasn’t favorite for many years.
There is a big difference between a aircraft sitting on the ground or in a level attitude verses the dynamics of a airborne aircraft. Zero zero is true only for specifics set of conditions. Each seat has a ejection envelope. Depending on airspeed, attitude and vertical speed the seat may or may not be capable of a zero zero ejection. Out of envelope ejections are why 1 out of 5 attempts ends in a fatality.