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To: laplata

It’s an increasingly common feature on attack helis. The Russian Mi-28 has an ‘ejection’ system that’s really just an ‘assisted bailout system’ that lets the crew escape to the side and down. The Ka-50 and 52 have a true ejection system that blows the rotorhead (and thus the blades are flung away) then a second later after the blades are gone ejects the crew in the conventional fighter manner. It’s not quite a true zero-zero system but it’s as close as choppers are going to get for a while.

No US service heli has an ejection system, though we played with the idea in the 60s and 70s.


13 posted on 05/07/2018 9:50:51 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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Thanks for that good info. The system you describe makes sense.


18 posted on 05/07/2018 10:15:36 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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