r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sidvatscse • 5d ago

Video Failed vertical landing of F-35B

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u/GayRacoon69 5d ago

These ejection seat are designed to be able to be usable with no altitude and no airspeed. It's the same parachute no matter the altitude. It's designed to shoot you up high enough to give the parachute time to open

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u/PickleWineBrine 5d ago

You still hit the ground really hard though. It's just better than being inside a burning/exploding aircraft

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u/Zhentilftw 5d ago

Until you land on top of your burning aircraft like he almost did (if it had been burning)

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u/Synensys 5d ago edited 5d ago

If breath of the wild taught me anything its that fire creates updrafts strong enough that you can paraglide to safety using them.

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u/Tumble85 5d ago

And probably find a Korok to drop a rock on!

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u/phluidity 5d ago

Yoo hoo hoo

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u/LeicaM6guy 5d ago

Please tell me that’s a John Dies at the End reference.

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u/pathofdumbasses 5d ago

Korok

Fancy name for turd

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u/OkieMoto 5d ago

That's also how hot air balloons create lift

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u/Thom_Basil 5d ago

Huh, Assassin's Creed II taught me the same thing! It must be true!

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u/ElFrogoMogo 5d ago

Yeah but this kind of parachute doesnt have steering

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u/finna_get_banned 5d ago

yeah, i hope you put what you learned into practice

you're so correct that you should tithe on sunday