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I did not know it was even possible to eject from a helicopter.
Small explosive charges separate the rotor blades before ejection.
normally it's not, but Ka-52 has a system that pops propeller off in such case. it's very unusual
Ka-boom
Ka-50 too
That's what he said
It almost never works. I think there are only a couple of the shoot down videos where they use it, and my understanding is it's only worked a couple times this whole war.