How do fighter pilots take a leak?

• sgFish

  5 Mar 05, 22:56

  hmmm..i'm just curious...in long missions, some figher pilots are sure to be unable to control their bladder..how do they take a piss then? do they like have a tube or something?
• |-|05|

  5 Mar 05, 23:33

  plastic tube/bag for males
  not sure about females
• huaichien

  6 Mar 05, 00:58

  Female pilots use Mamy Poko Pants! Adult diapers lah... Saw it in a recent Discovery documentary.
• chunyong

  6 Mar 05, 01:08

  there is a device under the seat one, connects into the nomex suit onto the penis, just press a button and u can pee, the urine will then flow out from underneathe the cockpit area. RSAF not going to buy Rafale cos Rafale don't have the hole to let the urine flow outta the cockpit while the other have. Rafale has inbuilt reverse-osmosis device to change the urine into ROed water for the pilot consumption though, dats why the urine is not passed out from underneathe the cockpit.
• elektra

  6 Mar 05, 01:26

  okay, tats informative
• Razor87th

  6 Mar 05, 07:52

  They use something called piddle packs.
  
  For the ladies, you're right, they actually wear a kind of diapers to let them pee. After doing it, they'll throw it away once they land at their destination.
  
  For the men, it takes abit of skill to unzip their suit all the way down to where their penis is, so they can connect the hose....as you know fighter jocks wear alot of layers of clothing (flightsuit, g-suit, boxers/underwear, etc etc). Once they're done, they gotta zip it back up all the way again. Remember they gotta do all this while still flying their plane in the air, so its not only difficult, its dangerous too. (Autopilot helps in this case, but not much)
  
  Rumour has it that a fighter pilot once accidentally ejected himself out of his fighter while moving around the cockpit trying to get his suit off to pee. Think he accidentally pulled the ejection lever between the legs... Dont know what happened to the guy tho...
  
  Anyways, one of the fighter pilot's code and rule of thumb is this: Always empty your bladder/bowels before EVERY mission. That way u have a lesser risk of being forced to "do it" up there.
  
  
• pufferfish_79

  7 Mar 05, 20:27

  i tot they just park by the Shell station when they go to top up their tank
• kwlee

  7 Mar 05, 22:50

  interesting question there.... didn't really tot about that question b4... heh heh... why can't male use diaper too?...
  
  anyway here are some more information about that...
  
  http://www.quanonline.com/military/military_reference/american/urine.html
  http://www.oxaero.com/Relief-Supplies.asp
  http://www.wspilotshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=900
  
  people nowadays seems to be very creative....
• Gordonator

  8 Mar 05, 20:26

  Originally posted by kwlee:

  interesting question there.... didn't really tot about that question b4... heh heh... why can't male use diaper too?...

  good question.
• kopiosatu

  8 Mar 05, 20:27

  chopper pilots dun have anything to pee in. they have to pee before they fly.
• kwlee

  8 Mar 05, 20:38

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  chopper pilots dun have anything to pee in. they have to pee before they fly.

  chopper is suppose to be bigger.... isn't it?
• kopiosatu

  8 Mar 05, 20:41

  Originally posted by kwlee:

  chopper is suppose to be bigger.... isn't it?

  chopper = helicopter
  
  what bigger are u talking about?
• SGpork

  8 Mar 05, 20:42

  oic
  
  ok..
• kwlee

  8 Mar 05, 22:12

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  chopper = helicopter
  
  what bigger are u talking about?

  i mean the space for the pilot to move
• DraG0n

  8 Mar 05, 22:37

  Originally posted by kwlee:

  i mean the space for the pilot to move

  .. I dun think there are much spaces to move about in the chopper too..
  
• *Lord Kang*

  8 Mar 05, 23:00

  Since heli can hover in the air stationary, then the pilot just turn n face the door..Open the door n unzip n do his business lah..So easy..
• kwlee

  8 Mar 05, 23:09

  Originally posted by *Lord Kang*:

  Since heli can hover in the air stationary, then the pilot just turn n face the door..Open the door n unzip n do his business lah..So easy..

  human made rain ??
• sgFish

  9 Mar 05, 15:05

  haha oh yar hor. then how do chopper pilots pee? they can't?
• kopiosatu

  9 Mar 05, 17:49

  Originally posted by kwlee:

  i mean the space for the pilot to move

  there isn't any space to move.
  
  u strap down and sit.
• palmerised

  10 Mar 05, 01:27

  Hover the chopper, go to cargo area, open ramp/door, PISS.
• DraG0n

  10 Mar 05, 21:39

  Originally posted by *Lord Kang*:

  Since heli can hover in the air stationary, then the pilot just turn n face the door..Open the door n unzip n do his business lah..So easy..

  LOL.. Then the urine will be every where.. because the blades turns at such high speed.. Maybe the pilot will be suck into the blade and get killed too..
• *Lord Kang*

  10 Mar 05, 22:24

  Originally posted by DraG0n:

  LOL.. Then the urine will be every where.. because the blades turns at such high speed.. Maybe the pilot will be suck into the blade and get killed too..

  Don't think so leh..The blade will be blowing wind downwards..So it is highly impossible for that to happen..Unless he fell down himself..