The Fastest Helicopter on Earth
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The Fastest Helicopter on Earth
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Re: The Fastest Helicopter on Earth
#2It must have a massively robust landing gear design.
Re: The Fastest Helicopter on Earth
#3Everyone knows Airwolf is faster.
Re: The Fastest Helicopter on Earth
#4It must have a massively robust landing gear design.
Do you mean more massive than a normal helicopter? Why? The article seems to state that the newly available technologies made their new helicopter lighter than before.
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#5While the Sikorsky X2 might have some niche uses rescue missions probably aren't one of them. It's tiny. A tiltrotor[1] aircraft like the V-22 Osprey seems a much better fit if you need to get there fast and do something meaningful like rescue work.
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#6While interesting, this is a puff piece written by the designers of the helicopter at Sikorsky.
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#8It must have a massively robust landing gear design.
Do you mean more massive than a normal helicopter? Why? The article seems to state that the newly available technologies made their new helicopter lighter than before.
Heh. I see I was down-modded, which wasn't very surprising. I was trying for exactly the kind of pun/humor that I know HN doesn't appreciate.
ObJokeExplanation: For me, the wording of the title was misleading in a funny way, since helicopters generally don't break speed records while literally on Earth.
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#9While the Sikorsky X2 might have some niche uses rescue missions probably aren't one of them. It's tiny. A tiltrotor[1] aircraft like the V-22 Osprey seems a much better fit if you need to get there fast and do something meaningful like rescue work. 1. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Tiltrotor
The X2 is not a production model, it is an experimental aircraft. According to the article, the technology used in the X2 will eventually be used in production models that will presumably "go fast and do something meaningful." Otherwise nobody would buy them ;)
Re: The Fastest Helicopter on Earth
#10While the Sikorsky X2 might have some niche uses rescue missions probably aren't one of them. It's tiny. A tiltrotor[1] aircraft like the V-22 Osprey seems a much better fit if you need to get there fast and do something meaningful like rescue work. 1. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Tiltrotor
The X2 is not a production model, it is an experimental aircraft. According to the article, the technology used in the X2 will eventually be used in production models that will presumably "go fast and do something meaningful." Otherwise nobody would buy them ;)
Well there's still plenty of uses for a fast and helicopter. Patrol missions for one. But hopefully they'll be able to scale this up to bigger sizes.
Does anyone know if that would be much harder? I.e. is it inherently harder to make heavier helicopters go faster? Or do you just have to scale up the fabrication.