Wilshire@lemm.ee to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoVideo of the burning Ka-52 helicopter in the Zaporizhzia region today. The pilot reportedly ejected while the navigator died.streamable.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkVideo of the burning Ka-52 helicopter in the Zaporizhzia region today. The pilot reportedly ejected while the navigator died.streamable.comWilshire@lemm.ee to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI did not know it was even possible to eject from a helicopter.
minus-squareWilshire@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoSmall explosive charges separate the rotor blades before ejection.
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agonormally it’s not, but Ka-52 has a system that pops propeller off in such case. it’s very unusual
minus-squareawwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt almost never works. I think there are only a couple of the shoot down videos where they use it, and my understanding is it’s only worked a couple times this whole war.
I did not know it was even possible to eject from a helicopter.
Small explosive charges separate the rotor blades before ejection.
normally it’s not, but Ka-52 has a system that pops propeller off in such case. it’s very unusual
Ka-50 too
It almost never works. I think there are only a couple of the shoot down videos where they use it, and my understanding is it’s only worked a couple times this whole war.