is there any way to eject from a helicopter mid air?

[.NiceMeme]

is there because i cant seem to figure out how to do it

[tommack]

sometimes, depending on what your eject button is on keyboard. (default: 2xV)

[.NiceMeme]

sometimes? why would u not be allowed to?

[ARCHER]

rotor blades !

[Reef]

i think you need parachute on the backpack

[Termin8rSmurf]

Crew, that is to say, pilots/gunners/copilots cannot eject. Their fate is pemanently linked to that of their chopper. PAssengers, by default Double tap V to eject. Be either, equipped with a parachute, or close to the ground or water when you do, Otherwise, ejection will mean injury or death anyway...

[oldwrld]

Originally posted by Termin8rSmurf:

Crew, that is to say, pilots/gunners/copilots cannot eject. Their fate is pemanently linked to that of their chopper. PAssengers, by default Double tap V to eject. Be either, equipped with a parachute, or close to the ground or water when you do, Otherwise, ejection will mean injury or death anyway...

actually both the crew and the passangers 99% of the time have no chute. The reason pilots dont carry one is that it wont fit on them and allow them to sit in their seats in fly. Unless you get to at least 1000 ft and eject you will hit the ground before your chute opens. Pilots are expected to protect their passangers in helicopters (military speaking) if the thing goes down by making a smooth crash landing.

[Termin8rSmurf]

I have, many times while in-game, mounted a helo wearing a parachute. I have made many succesful para insertions. For the record, if you open when you reach around 300-250m, your chute will open fully with plenty of time to spare.You'll even have a little while to admire the scenery as you descend gracefully to the ground.....

[oldwrld]

Originally posted by Termin8rSmurf:

I have, many times while in-game, mounted a helo wearing a parachute. I have made many succesful para insertions. For the record, if you open when you reach around 300-250m, your chute will open fully with plenty of time to spare.You'll even have a little while to admire the scenery as you descend gracefully to the ground.....

i said in real life, not in game. Pilots in real life cannot eject thus they do not add it to the game for them unless you mod it a certin way (or wear chute as the game aint 100% realistic). When you leap from a chopper in real life unless the thing is at 1000+ ft you will hit the ground long before the chute opens. But ARMA 3 does not simulate realistic parachute. also last i checked pilots in RL in choppers arent given chutes at all.

Ive skydove before and under 1000ft if you have not opened your chute it wont open before you hit the ground (you drop at high speed)

[Bascelik]

Originally posted by The "coach":

Pilots in real life cannot eject t

I think Kamov variants can eject. And since this is some hybrid of Mi and Ka. And lets not forget its "future" :)

[Termin8rSmurf]

From one who was military, and made more than a few parachute drops, it IS possible to open at low altitude. Of course, the 'chute doesn't brake your descent in quite the same way, in that your velocity is still high when you make contact with the ground. The trick was to flare and begin to run while in mid air. Once you reach the ground, you are already running, to clear your cords and hit your release before the chute tangles you or drags you.

[oldwrld]

Originally posted by Bascelik:

Originally posted by The "coach":

Pilots in real life cannot eject t

I think Kamov variants can eject. And since this is some hybrid of Mi and Ka. And lets not forget its "future" :)

military might have a couple but the average provides no room for the chute, and last i checked they are not built into the seat to be strapped on at the last second. Russian vehicles normally have some form of ejection.

[oldwrld]

Originally posted by Termin8rSmurf:

From one who was military, and made more than a few parachute drops, it IS possible to open at low altitude. Of course, the 'chute doesn't brake your descent in quite the same way, in that your velocity is still high when you make contact with the ground. The trick was to flare and begin to run while in mid air. Once you reach the ground, you are already running, to clear your cords and hit your release before the chute tangles you or drags you.

then your chute was made for the purpose. Regular span parachutes from a physics standpoint cannot open under 1000 unless basically naked to slow you down. Pilots also wear flight gear which is heavy making a "Low alitiude" parachute an impossilbity of having him survive using one. Ive skydove remember meaning i know very well when a chute is going to kill you and under 1000 if youre not wearing a T-shirt and jeans that chute wont open in time.

Also think about a heli they fly 500-1200 ft on average meaning unlike a plane the chopper is far too low to perform it safetly. Also chopper pilots know their choppers can make emergancy landings when damaged as the choppers are tough to take the impact.

But from a physics standpoint normal span and low altitude chute would kill the pilots unless they were 1100= ft when they jump giving them enough time for the chute to fully deploy. flaring slows you down just a little bit.

[ToxicSludge]

Wait...is this a skydiving forum or a game thread?
;)

[skullncross]

Ok alittle fact and not fiction as some have typed here for starters the minimum height to parachute is 500 feet this is reallife I#m talking about also the Ka-50 uses a ejection system that the pilot can safely eject from all speeds and heights so from 0-6000 meters and from 0 to 330 km/h The seat also provides safe ejection during inverted flight (at speeds 0 to 330 km/h with zero vertical velocity) at a minimum altitude of 90 metres. Pilot is ejected in max. six second.90 meters is 290 feet blowing someones theory of needing 1100 feet safe height lol.

[skullncross]

I forgot to add that some pilots have successfully ejected from under water.