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<blockquote data-quote="russperry" data-source="post: 1154121" data-attributes="member: 22548"><p>Unrelated aside re: flying through thick plastic:</p><p></p><p>The designed emergency egress from the A6 Intruder I flew in combat was to eject directly through the plexiglass canopy. The normal opening method of the canopy was a rearward sliding motion, so the designers decided they didn't want to try and blow the canopy rearward - if something were to hangup during that sequence, the solid metal frame would be placed right above your head and the rocket motor would blow the crew (victims) directly into a thick band of solid steel.</p><p></p><p>Now consider that the canopy is designed to withstand high pressurization so it was quite thick. Several A-6 crew members I know of were injured on the jagged plexiglass edges, usually puncture wounds to hands, wrists and arms or in one tricky case, tore open a guy's dry suit prior to him entering the North Sea with water temp at about 40F. Luckily it was daylight and right near the ship so he was picked up by helo quickly, otherwise he would have been a popsicle within minutes.</p><p></p><p>With that said, I'm going to stick with plastic screws in the windscreen - now back to the thread.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="russperry, post: 1154121, member: 22548"] Unrelated aside re: flying through thick plastic: The designed emergency egress from the A6 Intruder I flew in combat was to eject directly through the plexiglass canopy. The normal opening method of the canopy was a rearward sliding motion, so the designers decided they didn't want to try and blow the canopy rearward - if something were to hangup during that sequence, the solid metal frame would be placed right above your head and the rocket motor would blow the crew (victims) directly into a thick band of solid steel. Now consider that the canopy is designed to withstand high pressurization so it was quite thick. Several A-6 crew members I know of were injured on the jagged plexiglass edges, usually puncture wounds to hands, wrists and arms or in one tricky case, tore open a guy's dry suit prior to him entering the North Sea with water temp at about 40F. Luckily it was daylight and right near the ship so he was picked up by helo quickly, otherwise he would have been a popsicle within minutes. With that said, I'm going to stick with plastic screws in the windscreen - now back to the thread..... [/QUOTE]
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