Sikorsky to fly new twin-rotor helicopter demonstrator in 2006

By the end of 2006, Sikorsky Aircraft plans to build and fly a demonstrator for a new class of co-axial helicopters capable of cruising at 250 knots, the company announced June 1. Coaxial helicopters feature two counter-rotating sets of helicopter blades on the same vertical axis. Known as the X2...

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