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Future designs... just sad
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Author: Anonymous Date:
1/29/2022 6:26:43 PM +1/-1
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It's sad how long it takes our industry to advance designs and technology... the Defiant X is just a build off of 1970's proven technology (which the Russians took off and ran with):
http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/sik_s-69.php
The S-69 program started in 1973 (when a Huey could fly a whopping 120kts max, straight and level) and by 1978 the last test model (deemed the XH-59 by the military) could fly a sustained 278kts.
And we get all excited now about a helicopter that can fly over 200 knots. Old news. |
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+3/-1 Ok, this is cool 1/29/2022 12:41:20 PM
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