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Found a "mistake" on the Virtavia A-4 cockpit....

Navy Chief

Navy Chief

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Don't know if anyone ever caught this mistake or not, but the ESCAPAC ejection seat handle on the Virtavia A-4 is in the "safe" position, with the ground safety pin installed. I read through their manual, but couldn't find reference to it. It would be a little difficult for the pilot to initiate ejection, and (at the very least) uncomfortable to fly with his helmet up against that head knocker handle! Only noticed it because I was a seat mech, and pulled those seats countless times! NC:encouragement:

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Hi Chief! Isn't it suppose to look like this? I found this pic on the Virtavia site.
 

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MrZippy said:
Hi Chief! Isn't it suppose to look like this? I found this pic on the Virtavia site.
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Nope. Only when aircraft is on the ground. When pilot is finished with his preflight and ready to fly, pin is removed and that yellow handle rotates up between the headrests. NC
 
Navy Chief said:
Nope. Only when aircraft is on the ground. When pilot is finished with his preflight and ready to fly, pin is removed and that yellow handle rotates up between the headrests. NC
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Confusing pic on the Virtavia site! So, in your pic, with the handle up between the headrests is correct but it still shows the pin, and the pin is preventing the handle from moving fully back in the headrests? Plane captain's fault for sticking the pin back in! He's fired!
 
MrZippy said:
Confusing pic on the Virtavia site! So, in your pic, with the handle up between the headrests is correct but it still shows the pin, and the pin is preventing the handle from moving fully back in the headrests? Plane captain's fault for sticking the pin back in! He's fired!
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The handle has a lever you push (if you look carefully, you can see it). Two step procedure. Push the lever up and rotate handle up. The pin was a safety measure to keep handle from going up by mistake. NC
 
Navy Chief said:
The handle has a lever you push (if you look carefully, you can see it). Two step procedure. Push the lever up and rotate handle up. The pin was a safety measure to keep handle from going up by mistake. NC
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OK, Chief, I think I'm following! (Sorry, EKA-3b Skywarrior VAH-10 and VAQ-129 ATR2 guy here) So your payware aircraft is missing an animation to rotate the handle up? Have you tried contacting the developer about what you found?
 
MrZippy said:
OK, Chief, I think I'm following! (Sorry, EKA-3b Skywarrior VAH-10 and VAQ-129 ATR2 guy here) So your payware aircraft is missing an animation to rotate the handle up? Have you tried contacting the developer about what you found?
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Naah, not important to me. I just got a kick out of noticing the mistake! Weird thing is I have had this model for years, and never positioned my view all the way around until yesterday. I thought perhaps there was a clickable area on the handle to "arm" the seat, but there's not. No biggie! NC:biggrin-new:
 
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