Hawker Hunter seatbelts

[Faraway]

I’ve just started building the 1/48 Airfix Hawker Hunter F.6 and as I usually do, I’m using Eduard PE seatbelts. But I’m finding them VERY confusing, there seem to be more belts to fit than could be used when sat in the seat and I’m not sure if some of them are optional, but the instructions are not saying this. So if any of you out there have used these parts and know the answer, I will be forever grateful. The seatbelt set is Eduard Zoom FE 970.

Jon

[Troy Smith]

11 minutes ago, Faraway said:

there seem to be more belts to fit than could be used when sat in the seat and I’m not sure if some of them are optional,

ejector seats have two sets of belts,  one straps you into the seat, the other is the parachute harness, they are different colours as you really don't want to  mix them up!

the blue are for the seat, buff are the chute straps

 

from

http://www.ejectionsite.com/mbamk3.htm

[Faraway]

3 minutes ago, Troy Smith said:

ejector seats have two sets of belts,  one straps you into the seat, the other is the parachute harness, they are different colours as you really don't want to  mix them up!

the blue are for the seat, buff are the chute straps

Your explanation has made things very clear, now I understand and the instruction sheet makes sense. I was really scratching my head.

Many, many thanks.

Jon

[Julien]

I had the same issue when doing the Meteor F.8 Seat, in the end I left one of the lap sets off as it just looked too busy with them all on.

 

Looked OK tho

[Faraway]

5 minutes ago, Julien said:

I had the same issue when doing the Meteor F.8 Seat, in the end I left one of the lap sets off as it just looked too busy with them all on.

 

Looked OK tho

I know what you mean, I nearly did the same. But my OCD wouldn’t let me.

[tweeky]

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ejector seats have two sets of belts,  one straps you into the seat, the other is the parachute harness, they are different colours as you really don't want to  mix them up!

the blue are for the seat, buff are the chute straps

Very true,  but from my experience's (Lightning Tornado and Jaguar) the pilot only had to do one set of straps to do up, the ones that strapped him./her to the seat. On ejection as if all parameters at met the seat unlocks the straps and the seat falls away leaving the pilot in the same harness that he strapped into. I think the old US style seats the pilots had to clip into the seats harness system and the walked out to the jet with a parachute.

 

[NAVY870]

8 hours ago, tweeky said:

Very true,  but from my experience's (Lightning Tornado and Jaguar) the pilot only had to do one set of straps to do up, the ones that strapped him./her to the seat. On ejection as if all parameters at met the seat unlocks the straps and the seat falls away leaving the pilot in the same harness that he strapped into. I think the old US style seats the pilots had to clip into the seats harness system and the walked out to the jet with a parachute.

 

True for modern seats including the A-4's I worked on. 

Martin Baker seats up to at least the Mk-4's had the blue seat straps and the buff chute pack seats.

I routinely tea leafed spares off the Mark 4's fitted to our MB.326H's on 724 squadron as, thanks to MB love of commonality, they fit perfectly

on MB MK-4A's fitted to Sea Venom's.