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ACE III ejection seat
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Posted: Monday, March 07, 2005 - 01:57 PM UTC
This is the second of three ejections that I built for a few members here. The first one was Steel Dogs B58 Hustler. This one belongs to Blade48mrd. It's a ACE III ejection seat which is from the F/A 22. Some where around 1/10 scale, about 5 1/2'' tall.



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Posted: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 04:30 AM UTC
Wow, cool! That's plasticard right?

cheers

Philip
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Posted: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 04:52 AM UTC
Yeah Phil, I should have mentioned it. It's being built using Evergreen Plastics. Thanks..
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Posted: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 08:49 AM UTC
Wow, superb. I've always fancied a full size ejection saet for my PC desk
Mal
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Posted: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 06:16 PM UTC
Hey Mal take a look at this, It's 1/1 scale of a ACE II seat some guy built. The construction article can be found at http://aircraftresourcecenter.com/

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Posted: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 07:44 AM UTC
That looks quite straight forward, I'll knock one up this week end
Mal
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