{"id":598,"date":"2024-07-04T13:37:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T20:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2024-07-04T13:37:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T20:37:41","slug":"ejection-seat-woes-begone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/?p=598","title":{"rendered":"Ejection Seat Woes, Begone!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well after dithering about how to &#8220;correctly&#8221; solve the issue with the NOS initiator handles in my ACES II seat, I finally got off the dime and removed about 10mm of material from the front of the handle well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur wp-block-embed-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jT1knky.jpg\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We&#8217;ve got clearance, Clarence!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With that done, I was able to re-install the spring mechanism that connects the handle to the torque bar.  The torque bar spans the seat width and connects the two handles together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur wp-block-embed-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"8K3GXsZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/8K3GXsZ\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spring mechanism.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s two things left to do right now &#8211; I need a spring compressor in order to collapse the spring enough that I can install the retaining pin at the top end of the guide rod.  I&#8217;ve also got a temporary fastener installed on the bracket attached to the torque rod.  That has to be replaced with the original 10-32 bolt.  Once that&#8217;s done, I can repair the other side!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur wp-block-embed-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"ir3W7FQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/ir3W7FQ\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Other Side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next steps will include dumping the spring into rust remover and getting the latching\/guide mechanism that&#8217;s under the seat pan cleaned up and re-installed.  I&#8217;ll be posting a video about this soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well after dithering about how to &#8220;correctly&#8221; solve the issue with the NOS initiator handles in my ACES II seat, I finally got off the dime and removed about 10mm of material from the front of the handle well. With that done, I was able to re-install the spring mechanism that connects the handle to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}