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Meanwhile, in Soviet Russia: "For improved pilot survivability the Ka-50 is fitted with a NPP Zvezda K-37-800 ejection seat, which is a rare feature for a heli
by vba616 5y ago
Meanwhile, in Soviet Russia:
"For improved pilot survivability the Ka-50 is fitted with a NPP Zvezda K-37-800 ejection seat, which is a rare feature for a helicopter."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-50 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov_Ka-50
Yes, ok, it has explosives to blow away the rotors. But how many different ways could that go wrong...
- qaq 5y agoThere was a single successful ejection in Ukraine so far
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoWell, you'd (theoretically) only do it when not doing it would be worse. So all those ways it could go wrong won't kill you, because you were already going to die. But if it all works, you might live.
- vba616 5y agoWhat if the rotor destruct system fired when you weren't ejecting tho? I can't find the specific incident easily by Googling, but I read a long time ago about an incident, possibly with F-16s, a training exercise where suddenly a sidewinder fired uncommanded, and took out another plane. You would think that would surely be human error, but investigation showed that apparently something just shorted out.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoWell, if it takes off the rotor, hopefully it also ejects you. If it doesn't, well, you should probably promptly initiate ejection. And the ejection should be easier, since there's now no pesky rotor in the way...
- foldr 5y agoAttack helicopters are designed to be survivable even in very rough landings, so it's not actually obvious that a risky ejection mechanism is going to increase your chances to survival in all instances.
- ChuckNorris89 5y ago>Meanwhile, in Soviet Russia: There are videos on Youtube with captured Russian pilots who ejected their aircrafts in the recent Ruso-Ukrainian war and they all had pretty big gashes on their necks and their overalls soaked in blood from all that bleeding like a stuck pig. Apparently the canopy and ejection system acts like a guillotine on Russian aircrafts, but that's just what I've heard, I'm no expert on soviet era ejection seats, so if anyone has more info on this would love to learn more.
- vba616 5y agoPerhaps the canopy is supposed to be jettisoned, but the system is designed to send people right through it if that doesn't work.
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoWouldn't being blasted through the canopy be bad for the pilot's health?
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y agoSo's the out of control aircraft!
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoFair point
- vba616 5y agoWell, you can have a pointy helmet or something intended to break through when all else fails. I don't remember the details, but I remember reading about something like that, on some aircraft.
- slyall 5y agoThere is a scene from the James Bond movie Goldeneye where this is show (although probably not realistically) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vln5TaRt5LU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vln5TaRt5LU