• @[email protected]
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    34 months ago

    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

    • Zoot
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      84 months ago

      What we really need is a seat that ejects you directly into the ground

      • @Buddahriffic
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        54 months ago

        Instead of ejecting the pilot away from the helicopter, why not design the helicopter to eject away from the pilot?

      • @deltapi
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        44 months ago

        The designers of the Tu-22 would like a word.

      • @[email protected]
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        34 months ago

        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.

    • @Sam_Bass
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      24 months ago

      You may be right, i may be crazy