Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Did Russia build the best attack helicopter ever?" video.

Ejection seats in helicopters is not a new idea as it was earlier proposed by the US during the Viet Nam War. But US helicopter pilots did not like the idea as it involved explosive bolts to remove rotor blades before ejection and they were concerned a bullet hitting on one of these bolts could cause the loss of a rotor bringing the helicopter down. Also if they were used it would leave the crew chief and door gunner still in the helicopter with no chance of survival. The biggest problem for the Ka-52 is the seating arrangement for the crew. With the tandem seating for the Apache it gives the pilot and weapons operator a good all-round view out of the cockpit. But with the side-by-side seating of the Ka-52 this leaves the pilot sat on the left with restricted view to his right and this means if a MANPAD is fired at that side he may not be able to see the missile in order to evade it.
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