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G'day people,

 

I have an ejection seat question that I hope someone in here can answer, apologies if it has been done to death already. I know that there was some sort of issue with the F-35 ejection seat vis weight restrictions  and the original parachute configuration. Looking at the current online pics, it seems that the parachute headbox has changed shape at some point. 

 

I have the 1/48 Meng F-35A kit and the kit's seat headbox has a rectangular shape in side profile, however most of the current pics I have seen seem to indicate a more triangular side profile sitting above what I assume is the emergency oxy bottle?

 

Is the triangular shaped headbox a modification to overcome the earlier issue or is this a sub variant of the seat that is only particular to some F-35 versions?

The MB website indicates that the seat is common to the F-35A/B/C

 

cheers,

 

Pappy

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