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There are no operational helicopters I know that have such a system. There aren't that many type/model/series attack helicopters in the world (I've flown the Cobra and Apache) and none of them have ejection seats. The last thing any pilot wants is explosives around the big fan that keeps the helo matriculating through the sky.

No utility or transport helicopters have ejection seats either, for all the right reasons: the last thing a crew member or passenger wants to see is the two pilots wave good-bye while airborne.

Quick trivia: There are aircraft carrier-based aircraft that don't have ejection seats!

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Originally Posted by svandamme View Post
some helicopters have ejection seats, explosive bolts blow off the rotorblades a fraction of a second before the canopy and seats eject.. although i guess it might be an additional complexity, to not have those explosive bolts fire when eject from an Osprey when in horizontal mode, so the props don't cut through the fuselage
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