Pilot Ejected Into Helicopter's Spinning Blades

[Marlever357]

Brave pilot,he must have been in agony.

[sfpopcorn]

That is amazing that he lived through that. But I'm very glad for him.

[TheRoccoruby]

HIIIIIIYAAAA

[nerdypetey]

Common sense... if there is a spinning blade on top you don't eject upward. Should have made it so the chair tilt around 45 degree then eject or just eject forward...

[TheTruemouse]

@nerdypetey It wasn't an ejector seat, he was thrown from the bucking aircraft. It is a misleading title, while he was 'ejected' it was due to the unstable nature of the aircraft, he did not 'eject' by design.

[articarrows]

@nerdypetey helicopters dont have ejecter seats, when the pilots are in trouble they try to land the helicopter as smooth as possible while the blades are still turning

[lamborghini1895]

@articarrows the ka-50 is the only copter with an ejection seat. the proppelers or fans are blown and then the pilot ejects

[articarrows]

@lamborghini1895 :o interesting :)

[RasterGraph]

@nerdypetey

There is no ejection seat. The force of the impact with the ground ejected the pilot. This was not a choice by the pilot rather an outcome of the physics involved with the crash.

[Altrote100]

AND HE IS OOOOOKKKKK!!!!!!!!!

[guilaumehearn]

am i the only one who laughed at this?

[MrGnometron]

Helicopters do have ejection seats, first they blade gets... exploded off you can say then off goes the pilot

[unluckymonkeyboy]

Who the fuck came up with this idea? Jesus Harold Christ.

[psifactor12]

no seat belts?

[contemporarymonk]

@psifactor12 No seat belts at the time as their main concern was that if something was to happen, then the pilot must be able to escape with ease, including seat belts was seen as an obstruction at the time.

[fbazzoun]

I thought it will slice him into pieces 

[xXbOy210x]

FALCON PUNCH

[Gavin84w]

It really sucks when that happens with a Chinook

[kdyzb]

not ejekted , he wasnt belted tight,

[ManiacalHex]

O_O !!!!!!!!!

[Defenseman619]

I've gone through helicopter blades before. Sucks.

[sideslick1024]

@Defenseman619 explain plz.

[Defenseman619]

@sideslick1024 why should I? It hurts. Figure it out.

[sideslick1024]

@Defenseman619 I meant how, it happened, now how badly it hurt.

Geez, overreact much?

Anyways, never mind. I'll leave it be if it's that sensitive. Why would you mention the incident, anyways if it's that sensitive to you?

[Defenseman619]

@sideslick1024 well, if you have to be fucking nosy, I'll tell you. Asshole. I hit eject and went through the blades of an Apache in the Gulf War. It cut me into 27 pieces, but they managed to reattach them. I remember crawling through the sand trying to gather what was left of me, and my arm (attached to my pistol) still managed to grease 4 insurgents. To top things off, they reattached the part they pin medals on, so when I got my purple heart/star it was on my back. You happy now?

[sideslick1024]

@Defenseman619 LISTEN! I didn't want to make you angry, but if you want to be angry, fine, but don't go calling people names for no good reason. as I said in my second comment "Geez, overreact much?" Also, how am I the asshole in this? All I ask for is an explanation of how something happened. All I expected was: A) A simple explanation B) A response that tells me "no", in a positive tone C) No response period Also: do you even know how to read? I said you didn't have to explain. Blocked.

[sideslick1024]

@sideslick1024 stupid YouTube formatting!

There was supposed to be a list in that!

[Defenseman619]

@sideslick1024 Hey, FUCK YOU!!!! I was cut into 27 pieces!!!!

[Defenseman619]

@sideslick1024 how fucking stupid are you. Do you actually think that I was cut into 27 pieces and my chopped off arm still managed to shoot insurgents? Are you for real? Thanks BTW, my friends are laughing their asses off after I screen captured our exchange. Oh, did I mention that I jumped on a grenade too? And not one, ten at once!

[onebaud1]

@Defenseman619 If they could have only found your brain!

[TEHGROUND]

@Defenseman619 Apache does not have an ejection system therefore your logic is invalid.

:D

[JetMechMA]

My understanding of this incident was that this pilot was an Army pilot and the Army insisted that he be allowed to fly it. Igor tried to talk them out of it but they insisted and said he was one of their best test pilots. You see the results. Lucky man.

[anpmech]

That right there was a Xman. Not sure which one, but it was when he first started figuring out he had powers.

[josemezatorrez]

This man must of had a golden lucky horseshoe up his ass.

[DAIadvisor]

No seat belts? :(

[quidsummiser]

he was Ironman´s father! and Robocop´s brother!

[cs512tr]

the fact he was struck towards the rotor shaft helped somewhat.

[JAKEFOWLER1999]

In soviet Russia man injures helicopter.

[THEMSASBOYZ]

Broken wrist? I seen some aftermath pics of a similar accident, I seen eyes brains and ears in random places on the flight deck, This guy is BOSS! lol

[gnossticc]

Jesus, minor injuries considering the accident.

[PaulJR72]

broken wrist, and a new hair style!

[RattleheadAnthony]

son of a bloody fuck! :O

[ProJectGroundsPS3]

chuck norris would of broke blade

[langleygm]

holy shit is all i can say

[R31K88]

Someone forgot to buckle up. 

[superhornet30]

i thought he was cut in half

[tobilius2008]

Chuck norris.



[MaximGhost]

crazy shit!

[tomkat1983]

I guess thats before they invented the seat belt....

[DracoC47]

wow. good thing SUPERMAN was testing out that chopper

[abcedy123456]

Clark Kents side job was test pilot.

[tackN2Wind]

This lucky test pilot now believes in wearing a seat belt.

[Sean24196]

Thumbs up if you thought the title said Pilot Ejaculated Into Helicopter's Spinning Blades

[pervertt]

One should never ejaculate in a helicopter. 

[MrBadApple999]

lmao when i saw the link i thought it was a guy in mid air ejecting, and slowly falling into a helo down below

[JamitInternacional]

What are security belts made for?

[theprimemeridians]

I guess seat belts for test pilots came later?

[Lvduggo69]

Fuuuuuuuck ! Ever heard of a safety belt ?

[beatlesman369]

Fuck that. I mean, good for him. No, fuck that, fuck science, fuck you!

[Gosu85]

@beatlesman369 srsly, are you ok? :)

[Arishtat]

Is that such a miracle that he survived, really? Helicopter main rotor turns about 200 rpm. He struck the blade at about 1m radius. So the blade at the point of impact was traveling 37km/h. Or did I calculate that wrong?

[JammyDodgerGB]

@Arishtat Nice.

[lostchordevine]

@Arishtat, I just HAD to know how he survived that!

I don't know where you got the rotor speed figure from, but working with 200rpm,I worked it out to 46.83mph, or 75.36kph... I divided the kph figure in half and ended up with 37.68kph - your figure.

So now i know what you did; You used the 3.14 formula with radius, rather than diameter.

What's horrible is I think he was more than 1m from the rotor, so I think he got hit even harder than 46mph.

If it was his head instead of his body,..

[Arishtat]

@lostchordevine I got the 200rpm figure just by asking a helicopter pilot. The 1m radius is just an estimate from looking at the video. Anyway, at 1m, the circumference is 2 * pi * radius, so that would be 6.28m. So at 1m the rotor is doing 6.28 m * 200rpm, which is 1256m/min, which is 75.36km/h. So you're right. I did get that wrong after all. If this is true, there really should have been more serious injuries. Then again, this is an experimental light helicopter, so the 200rpm may be wrong.

[lostchordevine]

@Arishtat Funny how quick you can forget math. I had to google pi to find out if it was radius or diameter that you multiplied it with... anyway, I watched the video again, and i realized that the sickening sound of the blade hitting him sounds just like a Mike Tyson uppercut. It's the exact same sound.

Cheers

[canturgan]

Wasn't that Sikorsky himself?

[championonwheels]

And I thought it hurt when I hit the ceiling fan in my living room.



[YourOrdinaryACE]

@championonwheels Exactly!

[TheoneGodfather]

The guy was actually one of the big bosses of the company trying to develop the first helecopter.He demanded he get to test the prototype seen here.Bet he didnt do that again.

[LoyalHoosier84]

@FuckOsamaIntheAss "I'm going to go find videos of the Taliban beheading people." That sounds about right for someone using the name, 'FuckOsamaIntheAss.' I struggle to find the correct words to say to you so i will keep it short and sweet - You're an idiot.

[kuko6ka]

he is very lucky that he din't die

[Dorisequador]

I really thought that wasn't gonna end well..

[cy2087]

I would never have thought that something like this could happen (seatbelt!!!) or, that anyone could actually survive that. Other comments seem correct about the blade rotation rate near the rotor mast being relatively slower though. Wonder if he went to church or a bar afterwards?

[619studios]

@cy2087 bar.

[SkyProwler1]

Because he lived I would have made him pay for the blades.

[oldfart387]

It needs a seat-belt.

[bobbya16]

@oldfart387 ...oh it had a seatbelt, he just refused to wear it for what ever reason.

[MoziIIa4000]

He was Chuck Nor... NO, JUST SHUT UP.

[DerKopfsammler666]

@MoziIIa4000 Im sure he was Duke Nukem. xD

[risingstar11111]

that was oe LUCKY guy! couldve been a real mess

[dlee1947]

This is the movie of one of the ex's at sorsky that thought that he had the right to ride in the expiremental helo. If onee watches closely one can see that the pilot is sent directly up the main rotor housing and is sent through the base of the boades. this is where they are spining the slowest. I saw this about 20 yrs ago during a training session in helos and how stupid some people could be.

[greylynnn]

Next invention-- seatbelt

[wickedpissa25]

Ejected into a helicopter's spinning blades? Heck, that's how Chuck Norris shaves every morning!

[JustMyHonestOpinion]

And he walked away.  Holy cow.

[whoboys]

It's nice to see a youtube video which has a title accurate to the video, good find!

[JLP228]

deathed he did?

[StreetDoggydog1995]

did he died?

[99centt]

@StreetDoggydog1995 just a broken wrist...

[StreetDoggydog1995]

@99centt ohhhhhhhhhhh did the helicopter dieded

[crashinaluscombe]

The blades on this chopper...no pun intended...were likely made of veneer thin plywood and fabric...light weight...this is likely what saved his life. Todays helos have somewhat solid metal blades usually. Also the fact he was not harnessed in was a serious error, among others.

[krasblak]

that's insane!

[microdon2]

He went right out and bought a lottery ticket.

[aderandie2]

PRESS 8 AND WISH YOU HAD THIS GUYS LUCK

[Kevin113082]

Bob: "What's the craziest thing that has ever happened to you?"

Ted: "Oh, Not much, I just got thrown up out of a Helicopter into the Blades and walked away from it."

Holy shit...this is insane, rotating slowly or not, if it would have hit his neck it would have taken his head off.

[555rush]

lmao

[banditt11]

I first saw this and thought "ejector seat in a helicopter! LOL

[Hier4567]

@banditt11 they really have those nowadays?

[Jerbod2]

Bunch of luck, we all need it sometimes, but we dont get it all of the time.

[chrisv0007]

...and that's why seatbelts where invented. LOL

[dudey91]

lucky sob



[DuckingNDiving]

they should not put ejector seats in helicopters its a no brainer really,what were they thinking?

[Paljassus77]

@DuckingNDiving dude, it's not an ejector seat, he's just trown out -_-

[kevinhbk]

sohulndt he have aseat belt. or did u rip somehow

[33GeoStef33]

NOT HIS TIME TO LIVE

[GOD]

ouch thats gota hurt

[cheesefiddler]

What dickhead invented an ejector seat on a helicopter tha shot you into the blades?

[Geneparmesan1]

@cheesefiddler its not an ejection seat just a shitty helicopter with an open canopy.

it hit the ground and shot the pilot into the air

[zanuha]

@cheesefiddler

If the blades stop from damage or are shot off...

[realmenrowport1]

seatbelt anyone?

[Bullzeye95]

@realmenrowport1 I don't think the test pilots wore them because of the risk of getting trapped in a burning aircraft. Or I could be wrong, either way I bet they installed them after this!

[eidius1989]

the helmet saved his life

[mryjn420090]

whats up with the new youtube layout its so retarded

[NexAnderson]

The actual force that had hit the person is not that great. If he was at the end of the blades it woulda been a different story.

[WatchingQQ]

took him about 5 mins be4 he relized it was his masterbaiting hand and was bummed out

[CMDRFandragon]

Its more understandable how he survived that....I first saw the vid title in the suggested vid box or w/e and was like damn.....lucky bastard =P

[jetaddicted]

chopper rodeo!!

heehaw!!

soon to be seen on the next Xgames event!!

[twinstu50]

The pilot is the one and only Igor Sikorsky, testing one of his helicopter prototypes.

Film clip taken from "The History of Flight", shown on Australian t.v. about 25-30 years ago.

Fascinating.

[schlusselmensch]

@twinstu50 Sorry lad, it's an early Bell machine.

[jester444]

the funny part is that the guys was a pompus VP drove down Gardenville, He felt he should be the first to make the initial flight. While getting the feel of the machine in a tethered hover, he lost control was tossed into the rotor and slung onto a snow bank. his injuries were limited to a broken arm and.... Epic Historic figure and Self Promotion FAIL. What D-bag.

[SaberTanker22]

IF that was made of metal back then say game over now if that happen today it be going 50 times faster then this video.

[mryjn420090]

that looked hella fun

[skyman191]

Seatbelts still have not been invented in Trinidad

[jetaddicted]

@skyman191 you guys say trinidad? funny, we talk of the belgian army having cancelled it's ejector seat fitting on choppers due to a lack of pilots

and a subsequent nationwide discount on corned beef...

[bkboy747]

hes alive because the rotor was turning slowly and he hit the middle of it so it was slower there

[GeorgeP97]

@bkboy747 Partially correct, but the middle of a spinning object's speed is constant regardless of wether the point of reference is in the middle or end, the object will still complete a revolution at the same speed

[JetMechMA]

@GeorgeP97 That can't be right...because the outer tip is covering a greater distance during the same revolution.....therefore is travelling faster than the base of the blade.

[GeorgeP97]

@GeorgeP97 I was wrong, the outer tip is rotating faster than the inner blade. The velocity is called linear or tangential velocity, and it is described by:

v = w r

where w is the angular velocity (in radians/sec) and r is the distance from the axle

Found that online.

[JetMechMA]

@GeorgeP97 You're beyond my knowledge. Sounds like you did your homework. ;)

[slovakmath]

@bkboy747 that doesn't negate how impressive the whole incident is 

[TheWesnik]

@bkboy747 no point turns slower or faster its all the same at every point....

[jackcharlez]

@TheWesnik Nah, this is basic physics. The tips of the rotor have to travel a further distance in the same time as the centre. This means that their speed has to be greater in order to keep up

[bkboy747]

@TheWesnik when i say "slower" i mean speed in linear units of distance over time, not angular velocity. the angular velocity is indeed the same at all points, but the linear speed is greater farther from the center of rotation.

[tcb5366]

@bkboy747 Angular velocity of a rotating object along any given point of its radius is constant. He's alive because he's one lucky bastard. The rotor slowed down after it hit the tail, enough so that it didn't kill him upon impact

[bkboy747]

@tcb5366 I KNOW THAT, but that's not what i'm talking about. I mean the actual linear velocity of any given point along the blade when i say that it's going slower toward the center. angular velocity is equal, but linear velocity is not.

[bloodhoun234]

@bkboy747 a rotor at the tail and at the middle is at the same rpm it would make no difference

[bloodhoun234]

@bkboy747 *hitting the blade at the end or the middle doesn't matter it is turning at the same rpm (rounds per minute)

[bkboy747]

@bloodhoun234 yes, but since the length of the arc with a longer radius is longer, a larger distance must be covered in the same amount of time, meaning that speed is greater farther out.

[bloodhoun234]

@bkboy747 GOD DAM! finnaly someone that can come with proof of what they are talking about, you are a smart man continue as you are outsmarting stupid youtube people, and ignore my grammer

[cxzdsaewqasdzxc]

@bloodhoun234

So by saying that you essentially confirmed that hes right, if the RPM is the same then the larger the radius gets the faster it moves.

[leedsm18]

@cxzdsaewqasdzxc Faster doesnt mean stronger as speed increases the strength decreases.... look at gear systems for example... lot easier to go up hill in a low gear because its applying more force/power to a slower speed... but same amount of effort overall as going faster in a high gear.

[Fragacide]

@bkboy747 Not to mention that the sudden jerk of the copter slowed the rotor considerably before he bounced out. You can see that a fraction of a second before he's thrown up, the copter is thrown down into the ground. That had to of broken something inside the rotor to of kept the engine from going at full speed. You can see it slow down just before he gets hit. A nice and lucky string of events happened to allow that guy to survive. That's one hell of a story, though.

[bloodyschnoz]

@bkboy747 Still i mean how many stories are there of people being sliced clean in half from a helicopter blade you know? pretty damn lucky.

[meeesterjoe]

@bkboy747 The middle was slower???

How exactly does that work?

I think you mean the velocity was lower.Not the speed ;)

[xyroclast]

@meeesterjoe The inside of a circle has less distance to travel in the same time, and moves slower.

[shock25sr]

it must have been in another dimension!this just does`nt happen in the planet where i`m from:)!wtf!!!!!!!!

[teradactus]

amazing. either he is lucky, or an early model of the T1000.

[Junije1]

Hahah rofl =D "T1000" I think he's a reptilian though...o.O

[monkynutzuk]

haha guess seatbelts werent invented :)

[koitorob]

That's just what i was thinking!

[VERT531CA]

Good thing the rotors back then were made of wood and canvas instead of composites or metal

[aleclitvinov]

and pilots were made of some kind of indestructable rubber

[DeathRottenDecay]

lmao

[andreewww]

Dude. Shut. Up.

[DarthOblivius]

XD Whatever, still pretty damn amazing.

[andreewww]

:P :P :P