i have to were a saftey shoot / i choose to but wat if i have to use it wats the best way out
2007-02-08 05:45:37 · 6 answers · asked by Blue 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
They usually roll over and sink very fast...especially if the doors are open...which is often the case in military helicopters.
If you're autorotating into the water, the pax and crew assume the crash position and you get out as quick as you can.
If you need to make a powered ditch, the general procedure is to hover low to the water and let the pax and second pilot jump into the water with vests and life-rafts. The remaining pilot then hovers a safe distance away, jettisons the crew door, and does basically a hovering-autorotation...and gets out as fast as he can after the blades stop.
Helicopters are able to land with zero forward airspeed...even if all engine power has quit. It's called "autorotation" and is practiced ENDLESSLY by helicopter pilots!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation
Many off-shore helicopters (oil rigs and the like) are equipped with emergency inflatable floats. But actually, even when these things deploy properly, the helicopter usually ends up upside-down...but at least it doesn't sink!
(I'm a 3,000 hour helicopter pilot...ex-U.S. Army.)
2007-02-08 08:05:56 · answer #1 · answered by 4999_Basque 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's all about what you're above when you have a problem. Because your helicopter will only fall STRAIGHT DOWN; As long as your helicopter wasn't above a ELECTRIC Telephone Pole (or a building) when your helicopter went bad; then most of the time; you'll survive the Crash. Ironically; the higher your Altitude when you have your problem; the better your chances are to survive! ! !
2007-02-08 06:58:39 · answer #2 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
low altitude crashes are survivable if the copter remains upright and doesnt tear itself to pieces on the rotors. From a higher altitude fall, if it looks like the craft will flip and roll, jumping before impact.
2007-02-08 05:59:43 · answer #3 · answered by Nicnac 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Autorotate,
2007-02-08 05:54:26 · answer #4 · answered by fighterace26 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
auto-rotate into something soft. just try to stay right side up and if your not going to fast you should survive.
2007-02-09 17:19:13 · answer #5 · answered by VFR-RN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dive (don't jump) out the door.
2007-02-08 05:59:17 · answer #6 · answered by se-ke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋