Can you use winches to lower yourself from a helicopter?

[RiftHunter4]

I haven't been able to find a way to do it after the winch update. Because of how ropes and cables work, it seems like I can only send one signal.

[Hecatia Lapislazuli]

Use composite to send multiple on/off signals instead of the single signal.

[ElfBossHogg]

Yes. Attach a sling to the end of an electrical anchor. Attach the electrical anchor to a winch that will accept a composite signal. Take the composite from the sling and send it back through the anchor to the winch and then to a microcontroller to breakout the signal (ie. what is up/down/etc in the composite signal). Send that breakout to the appropriate control connections on the winch.

[RiftHunter4]

So I got the winch part working, but the rope doesn't have any collision with the helicopter so I can't get back inside. I'd have to move the entire winch outside of the helicopter.

In short, it "works" but isn't actually usable until they make some rope physics.

[Randox]

I've used (not built) a couple helicopters that do this. One of them has the winches on a rail so they can deploy over the side. The other has a clamshell door in the floor that you open once you are in the sling.

They're both airtight too, using inner doors to seal the helicopter from the sling area(s).