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minus-squareludlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYou are not thinking of crashes. The rotor won’t have any time to slow down if the helicopter is about to crash into a building or the ground for reason unrelated to engine (or similar components) failure
minus-squareZoot@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoWhat we really need is a seat that ejects you directly into the ground
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoInstead of ejecting the pilot away from the helicopter, why not design the helicopter to eject away from the pilot?
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThe designers of the Tu-22 would like a word.
minus-squareSSJMarxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoYou should be able to switch the engine off and autorotate down in any modern heli design. If not then explosive bolts on the blades are a proven method to make an ejection seat work even if they’re spinning.
minus-squareludlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYeah, I know but in this probably fictional scenario something has gone so bad that it’s impossible to autorotate. Autorotation also only works well at higher altitudes.
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYou may be right, i may be crazy
minus-squareAbsentBirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoBut it just might be a lunatic that seat is for.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoTurn out the light– Please try to save me!
You are not thinking of crashes. The rotor won’t have any time to slow down if the helicopter is about to crash into a building or the ground for reason unrelated to engine (or similar components) failure
What we really need is a seat that ejects you directly into the ground
Instead of ejecting the pilot away from the helicopter, why not design the helicopter to eject away from the pilot?
The designers of the Tu-22 would like a word.
You should be able to switch the engine off and autorotate down in any modern heli design.
If not then explosive bolts on the blades are a proven method to make an ejection seat work even if they’re spinning.
Yeah, I know but in this probably fictional scenario something has gone so bad that it’s impossible to autorotate.
Autorotation also only works well at higher altitudes.
You may be right, i may be crazy
But it just might be a lunatic that seat is for.
Turn out the light–
Please try to save me!