I knew someone from the War Thunder forums would come along.
Neat, it does look like some kind of sensor to confirm the canopy is no longer there. Very similar to commercial alarm glass break sensors from the 80s-90s.
Never played the game but I was once into sims and recognized the explosive canopy. I’d also heard of helicopters with ejection systems and a quick search confirmed the ka-52 is one of them.
It was just a joke about how that forum’s users are constantly posting sensitive military information. Thanks for the video, it did answer my question.
The line is detonation cording. It is there to shatter the canopy as part of the ejection sequence. It can be seen on many older combat jets. It is a less common system now as many aircraft use explosive bolts to jettison the entire canopy structure instead.
In the case of a helicopter this is safer however. Because a helicopter is more likely to have little or no forward motion a canopy that has been jettisoned would be an impact hazard for ejecting crew.
Is the silver tape a heater or a glass(?) breakage sensor?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=H9Qt5CCVqP8
I knew someone from the War Thunder forums would come along.
Neat, it does look like some kind of sensor to confirm the canopy is no longer there. Very similar to commercial alarm glass break sensors from the 80s-90s.
Never played the game but I was once into sims and recognized the explosive canopy. I’d also heard of helicopters with ejection systems and a quick search confirmed the ka-52 is one of them.
It was just a joke about how that forum’s users are constantly posting sensitive military information. Thanks for the video, it did answer my question.
Goldeneye
The line is detonation cording. It is there to shatter the canopy as part of the ejection sequence. It can be seen on many older combat jets. It is a less common system now as many aircraft use explosive bolts to jettison the entire canopy structure instead.
In the case of a helicopter this is safer however. Because a helicopter is more likely to have little or no forward motion a canopy that has been jettisoned would be an impact hazard for ejecting crew.
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