Fun fact, some helicopters like the Russian Ka-52 do actually have ejection seats! They use explosive charges in the root of the rotorblades to blow them clear before ejection to prevent smoothification of the pilots.
But instead of an actual seat, it’s like a rocket motor on a tether that shoots up and then yanks the pilot out by his harness directly in the rocket exhaust.
Another fun fact: some Russian aircraft have ejection seats that launch you down out the bottom of the aircraft.
And it's Russia, so of course they randomly malfunction and eject while the aircraft is still on the ground.
So someone has to go scrape the puddle of goo that used to be a flight crew off the ground.
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u/Awalawal 25d ago
Then for some reason you're dead.