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Old 3rd Dec 2006, 01:14
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Ioan
 
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Actually that reminds me; I was asked the other day if any helicopters do have ejection seats! I couldn't think of any, apart from the one in one James Bond film. Know of any more? And if not, why not? Surely it wouldn't be too difficult to design into a cockpit, especially into high risk aircraft such as the Apache. Either charges on the rotor blades to lose them before the seat fires vertically, or maybe sensors on the aircraft to sense its level of pitch and roll before firing the seats one way or another horizontally. I guess with that solution there could be a problem with the G-forces involved, but I'm sure they could be solved?
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