Sikorsky S-72 helicopter rotor separation and ejection - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

Sikorsky S-72 helicopter rotor separation and ejection.




Previously:

B-58 supersonic bomber ejection pod - GIF
British ejection seat simulator - GIF
Cessna Scorpion ejection seat test - GIF
F-35 fighter jet crash and pilot ejection - GIF
Tupolev Tu-154 ejection seat trainer and test platform - photo

[philippacificnw]

OUCH.

That brings back BAD MEMORIES from VietNam, 1969-70

As a Radio Repairman, on NIGHT CREW, we sometimes had to TEST our Radios WHILE IN FLIGHT,

It was "my Night"

And I learned what an AUTO ROTATION is . . . .

From 5,000 feet the Pilot DISCONNECTS, the BLADES, from the Engine !

The Aircraft FREE FALLS 4500 Feet . . . . And then the Pilot re-engages the Blades to engine.

There is No RIDE on Earth that is similar, NOR could you PAY me ENOUGH to due it AGAIN.

philip from the Great Pacific NorthWET, Oregon USA

• • • • • • • • • • • "(The) rights of some will be eliminated • • • • • • •
• • • • • • • • • • by the neurotic “feelings” of others".

~ Mark W. Smith

[Saltfever]

That appears to be an ejection test. The blades separate via simultaneous explosives at the joints. The "humans" appear to be dummies without any movement of their joints.