• 418_im_a_teapot
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    5 hours ago

    Just a little more training and he could have found the ejection seat in time.

    • TopRamenBinLaden
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      1 hour ago

      I know this is a joke, but helicopters don’t have ejection seats. If they did, they would just eject the pilot into the rotors and turn them into confetti.

      • JordanZ@lemmy.world
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        34 minutes ago

        They exist…just uncommon.

        The Kamov Ka-50, which entered limited service with Russian forces in 1995, was the first production helicopter with an ejection seat. The system is similar to that of a conventional fixed-wing aircraft; however the main rotors are equipped with explosive bolts to jettison the blades moments before the seat is fired.