brazboy Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Hi, Where can I see XP-84 Thunderjet ejector seat ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I'm not sure the XP-84 would have had an ejection seat. Other jets of the time, like the P-80, were not fitted with bang seats until later in their lives. Cheers! Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LanceB Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I'm not sure the XP-84 would have had an ejection seat. Other jets of the time, like the P-80, were not fitted with bang seats until later in their lives.Cheers! Ben The XP was fitted with one, it was ahead of the times in that regard. There were good pics and such of early F-84 seats (they differed a bit from the E and G seat, mostly around the headrest) online at one time, I think the site was f84thunderjet.com. Unfortunately the site has been "down for maintenance" for a very, very long time and seems defunct. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brazboy Posted September 25, 2006 Author Share Posted September 25, 2006 Thank You very much for all . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plankwing Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 (edited) As Mark Twain said, "The news of my death is greatly exagerated." Or something like that. The F-84 site is not defunct, just taking much longer to revise than planned. Things such as work and travel and my web designer's school studies have gotten in the way. The site did not have any photos of the XP-84 ejection seat, only a "How to" for making one for a backdated XP to D version. That "How to" was based on the illustration in Squadron's book, and it turns out that illustration is not much more than a representation. I've since found some photos of the real thing (I failed to note the source, so haven't refound them), and am literally in the throes of making a master for our resin kits. Hopefully, AMS Resin will be online soon, but you can check the posts from Haroldcut for his parts for early F-84F blocks already being produced for Heller/Fonderie F-84F. The "early" F-84F resin sets are now available for Heller/Fonderie at this link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=170067141354 Edited January 4, 2007 by Plankwing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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