Got the new braided sleeves today…
The new one is on a smaller diameter hose, than the old one. Will have to get some more of the wider one.
But yeah, there will be a remake…! 
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All you need now is to install a car airbag under the seat, rigged to the ejection handle !
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You sure you should give guys like me, advice like that…?
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Probably not
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Hmmm. There’s gotta be a way to direct the expansion a bit better… Also something like this would force you to actually prepare to eject before doing so. Much more realistic than just pulling the handle whenever…
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Yeah! Way ahead of you… I’m thinking a seat ontop of a round compression chamber.
I may need to make a face curtain handle as well.
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What about rails to direct the seat after deployment? I mean, that’s pretty common for ejection seats now.
Don’t think I’ll need rails since my SimBox isn’t moving. The compression chamber will work as a shape charge, directing the expansion upwards.
But I could add them, for autencity.
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I was kidding, but now i want to see it built !
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Martin Baker has a “Tie Club” - the membership is exclusively aviators whose lives were saved by a Martin Baker ejection seat. They are presented with neckties bearing the ejection.handle design …very cool.
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Me too! 
Do you have a basement? F104 early seats were ejected downwards
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Solid rock beneath the house, unfortunately.
But I have the sim on the 2nd floor…
Troll’s Wife “Darling, I said dinner is ready!”
Troll “Ah, INCOMING!”
Troll’s Wife “wait, no… take the stair…”
Troll crashing into the living room from above sitting in a makeshift MartinBaker, still holding an ejection handle and a wide smile.
Pieces of plaster fall randomly.
Troll’s wife “You seriously have to stop visiting that forum…”.
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You should see the looks I get, sometimes…
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If it’s anything I get from mine- I know already…
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Ok… New seat, new ejection handle.
This time around with a softer silicon hose, instead of that steel reinforced and braided one.
With the softer hose I can make the handle shorter, and still maintain flexibility.
I will also use a rail so that the handle module has a more positive connection to the base.
I have accidentally ejected as my thighs moved the handle, when working the rudderpedals.
I’m using AN swivel end fittings to connect the hose handle.
I will use a regular home alarm window magnetic switch and magnets, to make the handle module stick to the base and activate the switch when the handle is removed…
No, the ’Danger - Ejection Seat’ keyring won’t be used. Just for attention
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