Radical Dual Tilting Blade Helicopter Design Targets Speeds of Over 270mph

Zothecula writes: As one of the contenders in the race to win a $100 billion contract from the U.S. government for the next generation of attack helicopter in the Army's Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) program, AVX Aircraft Company has conceived a futuristic machine kitted out with coaxial rotors, ducted fans and a retractable undercarriage that could hit speeds of over 270 mph (435 km/h).

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To be stolen, and hidden in the desert

[Gothmolly]

And piloted by a young rebel, with a cranky old sidekick as a navigator. They should make this into a TV show.

Re: To be stolen, and hidden in the desert

[slinches]

It's a whoosh up until about Mach 0.9-0.95. After that, it's a boom.

Eurocopter / Airbus X3

[Anonymous Coward]

While a simpler and more conservative design, a helicopter like this already exists: The Eurocopter (now Airbus) X3.

Not yet in production but several functioning machines that already reached speeds of 472 km/h.
Of course this is a civillian design, not military, and has far less transport capacity, but the technology is working already. This is beyond prototype stage and ramped up for commercial prodcution right now.

Eurocopter also planned to compete in the FVL program, but since the US would have claimed IP in this case, a civilian production would not have been possible without paying licence fees to the US (despite the US not contributing any development ressources or IP).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Re:Eurocopter / Airbus X3

[Trailer Trash]

While a simpler and more conservative design, a helicopter like this already exists: The Eurocopter (now Airbus) X3.

Not yet in production but several functioning machines that already reached speeds of 472 km/h.

Yeah, but we need one that travels in miles per hour.