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I know it's not funny, but helicopter ejection seats work by (typically explosively!) jettisoning the rotors prior to the launch of the seat.
At Mach 19, however, you would have probably roughly a 1 in 12 not to take one of the rotors right to the dome on the way out. Do you feel lucky, pilot?
Nah, has a timing circuit just like the ones warplanes used.