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- LungGravy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+42And that was the day they realized that ejection seats on helicopters might be a bad idea.
- calebhawk, on 10/10/2007, -11/+31Woman: How'd you get that cast on your wrist?
Helicopter Guy: Ahh I broke my wrist...
Woman: How?
Helicopter Guy: I was thrown 30 feet through the air by getting hit by the blades of a helicopter.
Woman: Your place or mine? - SUPERnova007, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20seatbelt?
- sensor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20Buried for flicklife.
- Nobiting, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixDn8Ak4kz8
- MacGruber, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18he was hit by the blades, he was just very lucky to have been ejected very close to the center point where the rotational speed of the blades is significantly less than the outer parts.
Physics 101: shorter moment arm = less force - noahhoward, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Which is why he magically flies 30 or 40 feet away from the helicopter.
- nooreazy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Before i watch this,here are my last words
Im pretty sure im gonna regret watching this!,so here i go.
Never mind wasnt that bad,nothing like what i imagined :( - moxley, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Watch again....He was definitely hit by a blade.
- KnightWhoSaysNi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6It's amazing that he wasn't shredded.
- 1337jared, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I dug up your comment LungGravy because i know it's a joke, but they actually do have ejection seats on helicopters for those of you who don't know.
I'm not sure about the submarine thing though... - resplence, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Shorter moment arm = one-piece arm.
- ruyz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6haha its like that helicopter from warcraft!
- TheAkolyte, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yeah im sure it didnt sting right then and there.
- jontracey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2now thats gonna sting when he wakes up in the morning
- Superbimo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I avoided this vid for a good 20 minutes, and feel the same way :)
- Daimwn, on 12/27/2008, -0/+1.....AHHHH!
- residentskitz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1wow, that's pretty incredible. he's lucky the rotors hit the tail first and that absorbed most of the momentum.
i dont think he had a seat belt on either. i think this was before cars had them even. - Dokument, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4almost as bad as screen doors on submarines
- NSResponder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If he'd gone into the rotor nearer to the tips, he'd have been cut in half.
- pixelbasic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Thrown clear. See it does work.
- swooshonln, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1momentum?
- AZTriGuy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Walk it off, just rub some dirt in it and you'll be fine.
- Tserk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0This would have been much cooler if it was titled "Man throws Helicopter Blades"
- MisterNetHead, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0bightimer2: then how did it throw him 30 feet away from the helicopter? You can clearly see, he goes straight up then flies off to the side.
- mynhu11, on 10/10/2007, -7/+0I don't usually complain about that, but it's older than the Internet itself!
- bigtimer2, on 10/10/2007, -19/+2the guy said "he was thrown through the rotor". I don't believe he was hit by any of the blades.
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