Timeline for Flying in a helicopter with open doors: why don't people fall out?
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| Jun 24, 2015 at 6:55 | history | edited | Simon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 13, 2015 at 19:08 | comment | added | gerrit | @DevSolar I know. | |
| Jun 13, 2015 at 18:33 | comment | added | DevSolar | @gerrit: At the altitudes helicopters are usually operating, decompression is not an issue. (I don't know if helicopters even can achieve altitudes where it would become a problem...) | |
| Jun 13, 2015 at 17:45 | comment | added | gerrit | @FreeMan What I'm getting is at is if people expect to be blown out just because the door opens, that's probably because they are thinking of spectacular pictures of passenger airlines where the door suddenly blows open. | |
| Jun 12, 2015 at 19:08 | comment | added | Simon | The point most people don't get, and it's simple physics, is that in a turn, you are constantly accelerating. The opposing force to that acceleration is what keeps you in place. | |
| Jun 12, 2015 at 16:00 | comment | added | FreeMan | If you're flying in a chopper with the doors open, @gerrit then you've already lost pressurization... | |
| Jun 12, 2015 at 15:47 | comment | added | gerrit | There's another physical aspect that can cause people to fall out: pressure loss in an aircraft with a pressurised cabin. | |
| Jun 12, 2015 at 14:39 | history | answered | DevSolar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |