Mk6
Ejection Seat
First Mk6 ejection was on 28th November 1966
Over 280 Mk6 ejection seats currently in service
Mk6
Ejection Seat
First Mk6 ejection was on 28th November 1966
Over 280 Mk6 ejection seats currently in service
Mk6 Ejection Seat
Introduction of the rocket pack to the range of Mk4 and Mk5 ejection seats created the basic Mk6 and Mk7 ranges respectively. The Mk6 ejection seats have saved over 256 aircrew lives around the world and there are still over 250 Mk6 seats currently in service today.
New Seat Installations & Retrofits
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Mk6 Ejection Seat
- Operating Ceiling: 50000+ ft (15,250m)
- Minimum height/Speed: Zero/zero
- Crew boarding mass range: RM6, Mirage – 71.7 to 103.1kg, 6BS – 72.3 to 113.4kg
- Crew size range: RM6, Mirage – 5th to 95th percentile, 6A – 5th to 95th percentile, 6BS – 3rd to 98th percentile
- Maximum Speed for ejection: 600+ KIAS
- Parachute type: Irvin I 24
- Parachute deployment: Drogue assisted
- Drogue parachute type: Duplex drogues 22in. and 5ft
- Drogue deployment: Drogue gun – cartridge generated gas, initiated by 0.5 seconds clockwork time-delay, tripped during ejection sequence
- Harness type: Combined
- Ejection seat operation type: Ejection gun and multi-tube rocket pack
- Ejection gun: 80 ft/sec, One primary cartridge, two secondary cartridges, 72 in. stroke
- Ejection initiation: Face screen or seat pan firing handle
- Barostatic time-release unit: Yes, tripped during ejection sequence, g-restrictor
- Manual override handle: Yes
- Guillotine: Yes
- Timers: Time-release unit for man/seat separation
- Seat adjustment: Up/down, manual operation
- Arm restraints: No
- Leg restraints: Yes, two garters
- Oxygen supply: Bottled oxygen
- Personal survival pack: Yes, with liferaft
- Aircrew services: Personal equipment connector (PEC) provides connections for main oxygen, emergency oxygen, air ventilated suit, anti-g suit and mic/tel
- Canopy jettison: Yes, aircraft variant dependent
Mk6 Ejection Seat
Featured in:
- Pucara
- Etendard
- MB-326
- Kfir
- Cheetah
- Mirage
- IAI Dagger
- Ouragan
- Balzac
- Hawker Kestrel
- Dornier DO31
- Focke Wulf Bedstead
- Fiat G91
- Aerfer Saggitario
- Impala II
- Buccaneer
- Short SC1
- Hunting H126
Mk6 Ejection Seat
- The pilot pulls the face screen seat firing handle
- Canopy jettison initiated
- Ejection gun fires, seat moves up guide rails and the secondary cartridges fire
- Emergency oxygen tripped
- Aircrew services disconnect
- Leg restraints operate
- As seat rises, static line initiates time-delay which fires drogue gun after 0.5 seconds
- As seat rises, static line initiates time-release unit
22 in. dia then 5 ft dia drogues stabilise and slow seat
Above 10000ft
- Barostat prevents operation of time-release mechanism
High speed
- g-restrictor prevents operation of time-release mechanism
Below 10000ft, (low speed)
- 1.5 sec after initiation of time-release unit the plunger releases scissor shackle to transfer pull of drogue to lifting lines of parachute, releasing it from seat
- Release face blind
- Harness and leg lines released from seat
- Drogues deploy main parachute, pilot separates from seat
- Normal descent
- Manual separation system available if necessary. Operation of manual separation handle fires a cartridge that operates a guillotine, severing the parachute attachment line, linkages function releasing parachute harness, negative-g strap, PEC and leg restraint cords.
- Freeing parachute from seat.
- Aircrew can then use rip cord to operate parachute.
Mk6 Ejection Seat
Introduction of the rocket pack to the range of Mk4 and Mk5 ejection seats created the basic Mk6 and Mk7 ranges respectively. The Mk6 ejection seats have saved over 256 aircrew lives around the world and there are still over 250 Mk6 seats currently in service today.
New Seat Installations & Retrofits
Looking to install a new seat into your aircraft? Let us help you find your perfect solution – check out our New Seat Installations & Retrofits page for more information.
Mk6 Ejection Seat
- Operating Ceiling: 50000+ ft (15,250m)
- Minimum height/Speed: Zero/zero
- Crew boarding mass range: RM6, Mirage – 71.7 to 103.1kg, 6BS – 72.3 to 113.4kg
- Crew size range: RM6, Mirage – 5th to 95th percentile, 6A – 5th to 95th percentile, 6BS – 3rd to 98th percentile
- Maximum Speed for ejection: 600+ KIAS
- Parachute type: Irvin I 24
- Parachute deployment: Drogue assisted
- Drogue parachute type: Duplex drogues 22in. and 5ft
- Drogue deployment: Drogue gun – cartridge generated gas, initiated by 0.5 seconds clockwork time-delay, tripped during ejection sequence
- Harness type: Combined
- Ejection seat operation type: Ejection gun and multi-tube rocket pack
- Ejection gun: 80 ft/sec, One primary cartridge, two secondary cartridges, 72 in. stroke
- Ejection initiation: Face screen or seat pan firing handle
- Barostatic time-release unit: Yes, tripped during ejection sequence, g-restrictor
- Manual override handle: Yes
- Guillotine: Yes
- Timers: Time-release unit for man/seat separation
- Seat adjustment: Up/down, manual operation
- Arm restraints: No
- Leg restraints: Yes, two garters
- Oxygen supply: Bottled oxygen
- Personal survival pack: Yes, with liferaft
- Aircrew services: Personal equipment connector (PEC) provides connections for main oxygen, emergency oxygen, air ventilated suit, anti-g suit and mic/tel
- Canopy jettison: Yes, aircraft variant dependent
Mk6 Ejection Seat
Featured in:
- Pucara
- Etendard
- MB-326
- Kfir
- Cheetah
- Mirage
- IAI Dagger
- Ouragan
- Balzac
- Hawker Kestrel
- Dornier DO31
- Focke Wulf Bedstead
- Fiat G91
- Aerfer Saggitario
- Impala II
- Buccaneer
- Short SC1
- Hunting H126
Mk6 Ejection Seat
- The pilot pulls the face screen seat firing handle
- Canopy jettison initiated
- Ejection gun fires, seat moves up guide rails and the secondary cartridges fire
- Emergency oxygen tripped
- Aircrew services disconnect
- Leg restraints operate
- As seat rises, static line initiates time-delay which fires drogue gun after 0.5 seconds
- As seat rises, static line initiates time-release unit
22 in. dia then 5 ft dia drogues stabilise and slow seat
Above 10000ft
- Barostat prevents operation of time-release mechanism
High speed
- g-restrictor prevents operation of time-release mechanism
Below 10000ft, (low speed)
- 1.5 sec after initiation of time-release unit the plunger releases scissor shackle to transfer pull of drogue to lifting lines of parachute, releasing it from seat
- Release face blind
- Harness and leg lines released from seat
- Drogues deploy main parachute, pilot separates from seat
- Normal descent
- Manual separation system available if necessary. Operation of manual separation handle fires a cartridge that operates a guillotine, severing the parachute attachment line, linkages function releasing parachute harness, negative-g strap, PEC and leg restraint cords.
- Freeing parachute from seat.
- Aircrew can then use rip cord to operate parachute.