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new speed record for helicopters by Sikorsky

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  • Member since
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  • From: Utereg
new speed record for helicopters by Sikorsky
Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 2:33 AM

The Sikorsky X-2 has beaten the Lynx 20+ years old speed record.

http://sikorsky.com/About+Sikorsky/News/Press+Details?pressvcmid=a4a2962fa4f0a210VgnVCM1000004f62529fRCRD

Looks like they brushed of the ABC rotor concept...

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  • From: Steilacoom, Washington
Posted by Killjoy on Thursday, August 5, 2010 11:38 AM

Wow, that's really screaming!  258 mph!  An AH-64 Apache can ONLY manage a meager 182 mph.  Seems sluggish by comparison.  Ironically, a Chinook can go 196 mph, but having ridden inside one of those rattle buckets, I'd hate to be in one when the pilot was pushing the max!

Chris

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  • From: México
Posted by SteelSnail on Thursday, August 5, 2010 3:40 PM

Wow! That's awesome.

And the design puts to shame of the sci-fi concepts I've seen:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_X2

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  • From: Buffalo, NY
Posted by macattack80 on Thursday, August 5, 2010 4:32 PM

Man, she was scootin!  Nice job Sikorsky!

Kevin

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  • From: South Carolina
Posted by jetmodeler on Monday, August 9, 2010 12:41 PM

That is one fast Helo.

 

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Posted by stratus on Thursday, January 13, 2011 2:41 PM

Yeah, but they cheated and put a pusher prop on the tail, ala the Cheyenne. Very cool though and probably more economical than the the tilt rotor answer to the 'cruise like a plane land like  a copter' problem.

Nice gunship or SAR platform, but will it scale to transports??

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