OT - Aussie sub nearly lost!

[JoachimV]

Originally Posted by Shadow9216

That's why I'm such a big fan of the ejection seat

Takes care of it for you

ive heard more people died of an ejector seat then of an actual crash cuase the sudden acceleration cuases your neck to break....

whats safe these days eh?

[Shadow9216]

ive heard more people died of an ejector seat then of an actual crash cuase the sudden acceleration cuases your neck to break....

Nah, they're quite safe. The acceleration may leave you unconscious, but that's not too big a deal.

Different types of seats have different methods, too- some have canopy breakers to punch through the canopy, others have jettisonable canopies, and still others rely on an explosion to blast a hole in the canopy before the seat goes through. It's all designed to protect the occupant.

[Sheppard]

Basically the hose that broke was a rubber hose under sea pressure;
in other words, they had a rubber hose with the water pressure of
the depth they were at INSIDE the people tank

[lesrae]

In modern submarines, hose is a generic term for any flexible connection used between systems - if they're used in a system that's subjected to sea pressure then they won't just be rubber, they'll have an armoured construction.

They have to be used because most main machinery is mounted on a raft, insulated from the hull by a suspension system, to reduce transmitted noise. The hoses are used as connections between the raft and non-raft mounted systems.