The reason helicopter ejection doesn't turn you into salami slices

Oct 1, 2021 8:34 AM

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Might be a stupid question but wouldn’t it smash your shoulders up as it has to suck you out the side instead on straight out of the top?

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There's a Russian one that shoots you sideways.

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Gordon Ramsay killed a man?

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Yeets contained in this picture: a lot.

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Mmm salami

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“… but autorotate.”

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Kamov KA-50 series from Russia developed this system

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Possibly somebody else on the ground though who gets hit by the blades

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I'd be a whole lot more worried w/where the fuselage is going to actually hit because that'll be a fiery inferno worse than a just blades.

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Well the rest of the helicopter is also coming down, so the blades are probably the least of your problems.

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Fair enough

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I don't think I knew you could eject from a helicopter

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Definitely think I knew it but know I didn't

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I definitely didn't think I knew that either

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There's only a few where you can and I think it's mostly Russian ones.

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Well yeah, who else is going to attach the rotors with explosive bolts

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Anyone know why they fire the blades in two goes rather than all at once?

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If they fired them all at once it might hit the tail so the first two fire forward and right and the other two forward and left.

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The patent suggests it's often better to fire them fore/aft rather than sideways.

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Chances are it's just natural delay, given it doesn't have to be *exactly* simultaneously here, just very quick and close enough.

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Just googled it - turns out it's intentional https://patents.google.com/patent/US3926388

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Neato. Was actually my second thought as well,though it's a bit hard to tell from a clip if it's intentional or just 'it works'.

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Best guess, to avoid the tail and to keep it balanced.

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See other comments about the patent.

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Awesome can you link the patent? Or what I should be googling?

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See other comment!

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Sorry my internet isn't great, thanks for being patient and linking the patent! :)

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