British Phantom seats

[loftycomfort]

Hi all,

Quick question on the British Phantom. Did they use the same seats, or a close variant, of the US versions?

TIA,

Terry

[AeroplaneDriver]

I seem to remember that they are the same Mk7 seats, with the exception of some differences on the personal equipment connector, that would be invisible on a model anyway.

Edited September 20, 2008 by AeroplaneDriver

[mhoupt]

All variants (F-4K/M etc except the F-4J(UK) had different seats. F-4J(UK) had the seats as used by the USN.

[loftycomfort]

Wow that was quick. Thanks, guys.

Terry

[AeroplaneDriver]

All variants (F-4K/M etc except the F-4J(UK) had different seats. F-4J(UK) had the seats as used by the USN.

Blows my theory out of the water then!! <_<

It's just a different subtype of the same basic model of the Mk7 thought, isnt it? Or am I way off?

edit-After looking on the MB website they list the UK Phantom seats as the 7A and H7AF, and the US Phantom seats as the H7 and H7AF. Is the H7AF a common Naval variant of the seat that is underwater capable maybe???

MB Site

Edited September 20, 2008 by AeroplaneDriver

[Dave Williams]

The British F-4s used a version of the Mk.7 seat which was fairly similar to the US version.

http://www.ejectionsite.com/raf_f4seat.htm

From a modeling standpoint, you could probably get away with a US seat, especially in the smaller scales.

From what I've heard, the F-4J(UK)s were delivered with USN seats, which required that the aircrew wear US harnesses. However, later in their life, they were replaced with proper RAF seats from retired FG.1s and FGR.2s.

[SCOUT712]

From a modeling standpoint, you could probably get away with a US seat, especially in the smaller scales.

The harenesses (on the FG1/FGR2)where the same as on GAF ®F-4's, very different from US F-4's

Some modelling manufacturer (True details?) did them as photo edged parts.

SCOUT