The hybrid-electric tiltwing VTOL configuration could be scaled up from the HEX demonstrator, Sikorsky says.
Credit: Sikorsky
Sikorsky is ground-testing the powertrain for its HEX hybrid-electric tiltwing vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft ahead of flight tests with two uncrewed demonstrators planned for next year. The Power Systems Test Bed (PSTB) was first run in December, says Richard Benton, Lockheed Martin...
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