Sikorsky To Showcase Coaxial Rotor Technology

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. plans to build a demonstrator by the end of 2006 to showcase its X2 coaxial rotor technology program. A coaxial helicopter has two main rotors mounted on the same vertical axis with the rotors turning in opposite directions, to cancel torque. The model shown represents one of...

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