This is actually a serious question, so no jokes
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I was watching discovery last night, it was a doco on ejector seats. THey were covering different systems, when all of a sudden they start talking about helicopter systems.
I know the russian Ka-50 has a zero-zero style seat, which as far as I know is the only operational one in a helo.
But hte one they were showing on this program looked like a S-62 fuse, on a track complete with rotating blades. The blades were all fired off, one at a time, the the crew were ejected out.
Heres the strangest bit though, instead of rockets under the seats, they were pulled out of the cabin via 4 or 5 rockets spinning, connected to the crew by a cable.
Maybe they though helo pilots would only accept rotating propulsion?
If any one knows about this program, I would appreciate any info.