![]() “It was a bit of a swing and miss, in that sense,” he added. “We’re constantly testing this machine and we put a new script in our vibration control system and it didn’t pan out to where we wanted to push it to 200 knots today,” Fell later explained. The aircraft was vibrating in a way that felt different, owing to a new piece of vibration-control software loaded onto the aircraft in an ongoing search to push the compound helicopter toward 220 knots-a speed that would likely put the Raider, or a Raider derivative, within the realm of what the Army will seek for its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA). Test pilot Bill Fell was zooming southward, approaching Sikorsky’s runway outside West Palm Beach, Florida, at about 190 knots when he decided that was as fast as the S-97 Raider should fly for spectators below. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
January 2023
Categories |