Question on F-5E instrument panel

Top one pops opens the canopy so the ejector seat can blow out... although I think this one is for less severe incidents, ejector seat ones probably have one built in... but yeah the thing says "CANOPY JETTISON"
I don't know what the bottom one does...

Here's another strange one I found:
http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photo...-2383G-013.JPG

I found it here:
http://taiwanairpower.org/blog/?p=30

The posters claim that it's a "spin recovery chute". I can't imagine they'd mount the thing like that, it jut looks silly.

Originally Posted by adeptitus

Here's another strange one I found:
http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photo...-2383G-013.JPG

I found it here:
http://taiwanairpower.org/blog/?p=30

The posters claim that it's a "spin recovery chute". I can't imagine they'd mount the thing like that, it jut looks silly.

Yeah... it is a spin chute
Here's the samething on the F-22

Another on F-16

A close-up photo of the spin chute mounted on the rear fuselage of the AFTI F-16, a safety device designed to prevent the loss of aircraft in spin conditions. Under some circumstances, pilots cannot recover from spins using normal controls. It these instances, the spin chute is deployed, thus "breaking" the spin and enabling the pilot to recover. The spin chute is held in a metal cylinder attached to the AFTI F-16 by four tubes, a structure strong enough to withstand the shock of the spin chute opening. Unlike the air probe in the last photo, spin chutes are not standard equipment on research or prototype aircraft but are commonly attached expressly for actual spin tests.

Source

I reason why they stuck it on a F-22 since it's worth over 100 million

Here's the little thing blowing off the X-29 (movie)
http://www1.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/Mo...M-0035-06.html