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minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoHear me out: Seats that drop out of the bottom of the helicopter
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoSome Russian helicopters do this
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoHow many of those are intentional?
minus-squareI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.autism.placelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThat way, the pilots can get to the ground first and cushion the impact of the helo 👌
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoJust do a barrel roll while ejecting so you shoot up. Try not to hit your wingman with your copilot tho
minus-squareSynopsisTantilize@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoDid it work? Like are the test subjects still alive lol that sounds like rear decapitation city
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI think the main problem with down-firing ejector seats was that they require a minimum altitude to work. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1439/is-there-a-minimum-altitude-for-ejection-seats
minus-squareSynopsisTantilize@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI’m gonna turn to YouTube to see what I can find. This is pretty cool. Cars should have ejector seats too.
minus-squareswab148@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThey’d definitely have a minimum altitude to work
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago“And what’s the minimum altitude?” “Uh, one, I suppose.”
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI think they did it in a fast and furious movie, I’m not sure if that’s up to NCD standards.
Hear me out:
Seats that drop out of the bottom of the helicopter
Some Russian helicopters do this
How many of those are intentional?
That way, the pilots can get to the ground first and cushion the impact of the helo 👌
Just do a barrel roll while ejecting so you shoot up. Try not to hit your wingman with your copilot tho
F-104 did it first!
Did it work? Like are the test subjects still alive lol that sounds like rear decapitation city
I think the main problem with down-firing ejector seats was that they require a minimum altitude to work.
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1439/is-there-a-minimum-altitude-for-ejection-seats
I’m gonna turn to YouTube to see what I can find. This is pretty cool. Cars should have ejector seats too.
They’d definitely have a minimum altitude to work
“And what’s the minimum altitude?”
“Uh, one, I suppose.”
What about sideways?
I think they did it in a fast and furious movie, I’m not sure if that’s up to NCD standards.