Box-Wing Design for Airbus Compound Helicopter

Tony Osborne June 20, 2017
Airbus has adopted a radical box-wing and pusher propeller configuration for its European Clean Sky 2 high-speed rotorcraft demonstrator. The clean-sheet design for the RACER (Rapid and Cost-Effective Rotorcraft) unveiled at the Paris Air Show on June 20, is a larger aircraft than the record...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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