Just detach the blades. You can always re-attach them when you've landed.
Works as a secret weapon too.
Oh you think I've been disarmed? *smirks* AMATEUR *violently ejects rotor blades in all directions*
I was just thinking the entire rotor assembly detaches and the helocopter falls away from it. But I think I like your idea better.
For ejection, the blades come off.
For combat, whole-rotor Beyblade.
That's what the Ka-50 does
I love jigsaw puzzles.
Hear me out:
Seats that drop out of the bottom of the helicopter
That way, the pilots can get to the ground first and cushion the impact of the helo 👌
Just do a barrel roll while ejecting so you shoot up. Try not to hit your wingman with your copilot tho
F-104 did it first!
Did it work? Like are the test subjects still alive lol that sounds like rear decapitation city
I think the main problem with down-firing ejector seats was that they require a minimum altitude to work.
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1439/is-there-a-minimum-altitude-for-ejection-seats
Some Russian helicopters do this
How many of those are intentional?
Attach the ejector seat TO the helicopter blades so that they both eject and you get a cool propeller and can fly around and it can shoot lasers and stuff too.
Eject the helicopter not the seat. Duh.
Shoot the hostage!
So basing off another comment. Have the Ejection seat tied to the rotor and shaft (not in a way that the chair spins. Duh)
Then (as long as rotor hasn't disintegrated) you can eject the seat with the rotor, thus minimizing filet chances... Whilst also floating to the ground softly like those whirly paper helicopter things you played with as a kid
Boom. Parachute free ejection seat
Hold up, let him cook
Nah, just do it like they did in WW1; synchronize the ejection to the rotor blades so you fly through the gap, clean as a whistle.
(Please don't ask about our experiments with the earlier WW1 method of "Fuck it, just shoot the propeller sometimes, it'll be fine". Turns out that doesn't work so great when you replace bullets with people.)
Fire the seat forward toward the enemy aircraft that forced them to eject to allow them to steal it.
Sus. I watched AirWolf, and Magnum P.I. AND I've studied Leonardo di Vinci. Helicopters are next-gen tech and they don't crash.
Why not blow the blades off first with a charge in the Jesus pin? Or have the seats eject siddeways or downward? Or like, open the door and jump out hoping you don't hit he rotors?
If you eject downward you may hit the ground before your chute has opened. Helicopters tend to stay pretty low.
I think i heard one time that helicopters can jettison the rotor so you dont get chopped up
Unfortunately, that won't stop the blades from spinning, meaning the danger isn't averted.
You shear the blades so they shoot outwards. I couldn't find an irl testing video, but here's a render.
Mainly just copium for the pilots. Helicopters aren't like airplanes where you have glide time and altitude to decide what to do after something bad happens. If you watch fixed winged ejections there's usually about 30 seconds to a min after something goes wrong before the pilot decides to bail. Helicopters go from everything being fine, to a debris field in seconds.
It's more about altitude than the ability to glide. Helicopters can do what's called Auto rotation, which means they actually can glide. If the blade seize up however, they can't autorotate. Helicopters fly a lot lower than most airplanes though, so they can't glide as far.
The Kamov does it.
The individual rotor blades are separated from the center with an explosive charge and their centrifugal motion carries them laterally away from the vehicle as the seat rockets straight up.
I think it's the Apache helicopter that stops the rotors instantly on eject. No need for Mach 13. I know this graphic is a joke though, I just remembered this cool thing about the helicopter.
It's the KA-50/52
I like all the serious answers as if this was a real option.
Very credible
Who would win?
Two human skulls 💀💀
One twirly boi 🚁
Put some ERA on them skulls and you’re good
Why not extend the seat sideway and eject that way?
I don't know of any ejection seats that go sideways, but early F-104 models had a downward track ejection seat. The main issue is that parachutes need some time to open and helicopters tend to fly pretty low. So in most situations you wouldn't be in a safe altitude to actually eject.
Modern zero-zero seats can safely eject at any altitude, but they do so by using a rocket motor to fly upwards to a safe altitude for the parachute to open. So because of the rotors, helicopters generally don't have ejection seats. The exception is the Kamov KA-50 series. It has explosive bolts blowing off the rotors before ejection.
Presumably less "blowing off" and more "letting go." They're already being spun with as much centripetal force as they'll tolerate. The explosive only needs enough oomph to make itself disappear.
Which had to be a weird pitch. Like, 'for safety reasons, we're going to stitch this together with detcord.'
straight to heaven
Why not just eject sideways?
Heck if accelerating to Mach 19 in about 2 meters is acceptable you could just disable the rotors and only experience an acceleration of less than Mach 1 in just a few meters.
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