Self-Rescue Helicopter

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[@paulomartins1008]

The words "Quick Release" and "Helicopter" have no business sharing the same sentence.

[@catsupchutney]

There was a lot of technological optimism in the 1960s.

[@kmalm4776]

Thats what a supervillain uses to escape, followed by a typical villain laugh.

[@solidus3168]

The gyro captain from “The Road Warrior” smiles.

[@Etx-z9]

I'd love to have one of these for the comedy.

[@magikiller153]

Switching to your smaller copter is faster than calling in for another one💀

[@dustycircuits4387]

"Go gadget, go!" 🕵️

[@justaguy5770]

Could you imagine being in a warzone, shooting down an enemy plane you get a group together to go get the pilot and as you are getting close the pilot takes off on a one man helicopter. 😂

[@MundaneMuser]

Amazon Basics Mini-copter

[@millenaire4026]

I didn't know Rust had received a graphic update 💀

[@StormyWolf66]

There's only one nut that hold all helicopter. The occupants depended their lives on this nut, without it, the chopper would fall so they called it "Jesus Nut."

[@loachoh6a]

Just an FYI folks. This helicopter was designed and built for downed pilots to fly out of Harm’s Way during the Vietnam War. One is on display at the ARMY AVIATION MUSEUM at Fort Rucker, Alabama. I don’t believe that they have changed the name of Fort Rucker? Hope you have enjoyed the note. God Bless

[@armocellaborinto7028]

Thats some James Bond level ingineering

[@airderNI]

Another topic that should be recognised more is in the Korean War, the USAF was attempting to develop ejection seats that turned into gliders, small aeroplanes, or gyrocopters.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

thank you for constantly supporting the military industrial complex

[@ZCasavant]

"How to accidentally give your enemy a cheap scoutcraft"

[@cbuc3713]

Gone from a sitting duck to a flying one...

[@LuceoX30]

This is the kind of thing you'd see in British Spy Thrillers from something like the 70s or 80s.

[@cerealeggvr6942]

The stealing and crashing of the plane are what inspired the last scene of top gun maverick

[@timtim8468]

Some guy had calculated the cost of that system vs. the cost to train a new soldier.