Timeline for What are these wavy lines on fighters' canopy?
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| Feb 15, 2018 at 8:53 | comment | added | Adrian | @Vader it's a balance of risk, it's safer than breaking your neck on a solid canopy or remaining in an aircraft that's about to crash. | |
| Feb 23, 2015 at 8:35 | comment | added | Rhino Driver | @Vader Its a shape charge that explodes away from the cockpit. The actual MDC sits on the inside of the canopy (you can touch it) in the T45 you have pictured above. Generally what we were told is that the sequence is so rapid that you will invariably travel through shards of molten glass as the canopy fractures above you. | |
| Feb 22, 2015 at 18:54 | comment | added | Aron | Its so you don't get dead Geese. | |
| Feb 22, 2015 at 16:38 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | @Vader: The explosive sits on the outside, in grooves cut into the outer acrylic layer of the canopy. The linked PDF has a drawing explaining the details. | |
| Feb 22, 2015 at 15:03 | comment | added | Vader | If it's strong enough to shatter the canopy, how is it safe for the pilot? | |
| Feb 21, 2015 at 7:56 | vote | accept | Raj | ||
| Feb 21, 2015 at 3:19 | comment | added | SSumner | @Raj - generally, most 0/0 capable ejection-seat capable aircraft have them. Many use these explosives to fracture the canopy prior to seat rocket booster ignition | |
| Feb 20, 2015 at 21:19 | history | edited | Peter Kämpf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 20, 2015 at 21:16 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | @Simon … or FLSC - Flexible Linear Shaped Charge. | |
| Feb 20, 2015 at 21:14 | comment | added | Simon | FYI, it's called MDC, Miniature Detonating Cord. | |
| Feb 20, 2015 at 21:08 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | @Raj: It could be that the birdstrike requirements for carrier-based aircraft are more demanding, but I don't know anything about this. They are used widely, and the BAe Hawk in your lower picture is mostly used from land. | |
| Feb 20, 2015 at 21:01 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | @FreeMan: Thanks, fixed it. Or is it a rope? | |
| Feb 20, 2015 at 21:00 | history | edited | Peter Kämpf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 20, 2015 at 20:46 | comment | added | FreeMan | Is that a Chord, Chord, Cord or Cord? :) | |
| Feb 20, 2015 at 20:42 | history | edited | Peter Kämpf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 20, 2015 at 20:35 | comment | added | Raj | Are these chords specific to carrier-based a/cs or I just happened to view the few right ones? i.e. does this class of a/cs need this more than others? | |
| Feb 20, 2015 at 20:30 | history | answered | Peter Kämpf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |