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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

That thing is fucked. Just think about how many liquid lines, wires, and delicate components have holes in them. Probably cheaper to figure out the few components that don't have holes, and pull them out from this hunk of junk.

[–] flying_monkies@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A little duct tape, some Bondo... It'll be good as new.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

Igor, get out the duck tape! We need to get this thing flying again in two hours!

[–] Redditgee@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Someone is going to be in deep crap for posting this. Really surprised to see any aftermath pics.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's some good fragmentation

[–] seathru@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is the silver tape a heater or a glass(?) breakage sensor?

[–] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] seathru@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I knew someone from the War Thunder forums would come along.

Neat, it does look like some kind of sensor to confirm the canopy is no longer there. Very similar to commercial alarm glass break sensors from the 80s-90s.

[–] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Never played the game but I was once into sims and recognized the explosive canopy. I'd also heard of helicopters with ejection systems and a quick search confirmed the ka-52 is one of them.

[–] seathru@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

It was just a joke about how that forum's users are constantly posting sensitive military information. Thanks for the video, it did answer my question.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[–] Questy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The line is detonation cording. It is there to shatter the canopy as part of the ejection sequence. It can be seen on many older combat jets. It is a less common system now as many aircraft use explosive bolts to jettison the entire canopy structure instead.

In the case of a helicopter this is safer however. Because a helicopter is more likely to have little or no forward motion a canopy that has been jettisoned would be an impact hazard for ejecting crew.

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