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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
What about sideways?
I think they did it in a fast and furious movie, I'm not sure if that's up to NCD standards.
I'm gonna turn to YouTube to see what I can find. This is pretty cool. Cars should have ejector seats too.
They'd definitely have a minimum altitude to work
"And what's the minimum altitude?"
"Uh, one, I suppose."
Some Russian helicopters do this
How many of those are intentional?