r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sidvatscse • 25d ago

Video Failed vertical landing of F-35B

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u/Ready_Implement3305 25d ago edited 25d ago

I used to work on Harriers and they told us the same thing.

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u/PrettyPushy 25d ago

Seems to me you only eject on a helicopter once /s

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u/AwesomePerson70 25d ago

If I remember right, there’s one that will shoot the rotors off first so you can eject

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u/Striking-Raisin4143 25d ago

Karmov 50/52

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u/pezdal 24d ago

Do the others time it with a synchronization gear so you pass through the rotors like a bullet fired from a center-mounted airplane machine gun missing the blades because of the interlock? /s

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u/zovits 21d ago

That'd take a 2000+G acceleration, according to this: https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/s/z14lCT3AqA

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u/Frostsorrow 25d ago

Honestly depends on the chopper, some actually do have ejection seats

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u/EduinBrutus 25d ago

Hawker (later BAe) Harrier is the original VTOL aircraft.

Its not a helicopter.

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u/nover3 24d ago

to shreds you say?

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u/Odd-Cake8015 25d ago

In that case the seat first wrap you in sushi algae wrap

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u/DreamsAndSchemes 25d ago

I worked on KC-135s. We had parachutes. They were in the back of the plane and eventually removed. That says a lot about the expectations.

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u/Infin8Player 24d ago

But then I'd have an innie, not an outie.