I want one of these - the airframe and design are brilliant, but I'd replace the avionics and make the craft all digital. it's so agile and speedy, I wonder if anyone's thought if using it as the Marine One Presidential transport copter. Of course, it would need to be up-armored and armed ... and brought up to US Navy/Marine flight specs.
Now... How is this more fuel efficient than a regular E355? With an addition of 2 more engines!! I want to know what is the solution for the retreating blade stall? Is pitching the main rotor blades to a zero degree will not be a factor anymore? And not counting you will not be able to "hot swap" anymore with this propellers right at the doors!!!
An impressive demonstration how to avoid the technical complication in develloping an manufactoring a tiltrotor aircraft, which means: lower production costs at similar results. I expect at least 200 Kts TA cruise and 60 to 70% of the price of a comparable tiltrotor aircraft. The fuel costs could be right between copter and tiltrotor, and the maintenance easier. Work it out, how long one could fly cheaper with this system.
This shows how the US over engineers in the tilt wing while the smart europeans come up with a elegant idea.Also look at the Rotodyne of Britich of the 1950's.
@Nunubyou1 there's nothing over-engineering in tilt rotor, which is not restricted in US only. BA609 civilian tilt rotor is made under consortium with Anglo-Italian AgustaWestland. The tilt rotor so far still have speed and range advantage compared to compound choppers. Also the idea of separated propulsion is actually one of the earliest idea for propelling a helicopter forward, and it's been practiced on the earlier (failed) AH-56 Cheyenne and record-breaking Sikorsky X2.
@helicos60 mais ce que tu ne sais pas c'est qu'aérospatiale faisait les hélicoptères les plus utilisés (écureuil et dauphin) et que depuis eurocopter c'est fini il n'y a plus d'aéronautique française
mais fondue dans un compromis d'intérêts privés qui ne font rien d'intéressant
@helicos60 après là où je voulais en venir c'est qu'on avait pas besoin des allemands des italiens des anglais des espagnols pour rajouter 2 hélices sur les côtés
y a pas de révolution
en réalité ce qu'est pas mal c'est ce qu'avait déjà fait aérospatiale
voilà ce que je pense
c'est comme si peugeot rachetait ferrari et rajoutait un aileron sur la enzo
@mauricioalfredo83 The Sikorsky X-2 is very different. It was designed to go even faster than this, and it uses a counter-rotating rigid main rotor, this EC X3 still uses an articulated main rotor. At 230 knots, still very impressive. These technnologies, and even the Army SOAR project, have all pretty much been done before, just the new technologies like FBW are making them more easy to achive reliable functionality. And you're right, not as cool as Airwolf, and I cringed listening to that...
I want one of these - the airframe and design are brilliant, but I'd replace the avionics and make the craft all digital. it's so agile and speedy, I wonder if anyone's thought if using it as the Marine One Presidential transport copter. Of course, it would need to be up-armored and armed ... and brought up to US Navy/Marine flight specs.
SeatBill 6 days ago
Now... How is this more fuel efficient than a regular E355? With an addition of 2 more engines!! I want to know what is the solution for the retreating blade stall? Is pitching the main rotor blades to a zero degree will not be a factor anymore? And not counting you will not be able to "hot swap" anymore with this propellers right at the doors!!!
caioghiotto 1 week ago
An impressive demonstration how to avoid the technical complication in develloping an manufactoring a tiltrotor aircraft, which means: lower production costs at similar results. I expect at least 200 Kts TA cruise and 60 to 70% of the price of a comparable tiltrotor aircraft. The fuel costs could be right between copter and tiltrotor, and the maintenance easier. Work it out, how long one could fly cheaper with this system.
Hueycrewmember 1 week ago
mv22 is better in my personal opinion. but this is cool!
xBABYxKICKERx 2 weeks ago
Airwolf :)
Sismiques 3 weeks ago 2
@Sismiques Glad to see I'm not the only one who used to watch that awesome show!
TheQuietRebel 3 weeks ago
@TheQuietRebel
:)
Sismiques 3 weeks ago
@TheQuietRebel It WAS a great show, with futuristic helicopter technology that no one's done since.
SeatBill 6 days ago
I guess no passengers/crew will be getting on/off while props are turning. Engine shutdown every time?
theclivesinclair 3 weeks ago
@theclivesinclair Or maybe just a clutch to stop the props spining at runing engines.
Hiflyable 3 weeks ago
This shows how the US over engineers in the tilt wing while the smart europeans come up with a elegant idea.Also look at the Rotodyne of Britich of the 1950's.
Nunubyou1 3 weeks ago
@Nunubyou1 there's nothing over-engineering in tilt rotor, which is not restricted in US only. BA609 civilian tilt rotor is made under consortium with Anglo-Italian AgustaWestland. The tilt rotor so far still have speed and range advantage compared to compound choppers. Also the idea of separated propulsion is actually one of the earliest idea for propelling a helicopter forward, and it's been practiced on the earlier (failed) AH-56 Cheyenne and record-breaking Sikorsky X2.
landak136 1 week ago
Airwolf
Hurqq 1 month ago 2
but can it blend
glavonjagrob 2 months ago
Salut a tous la vitesse de croisiere et de 480 kmh ce qui est vraiment bien.
alienax7 2 months ago
So "Airwolf" was actually possible!
Yuyo1977 2 months ago
@Yuyo1977 Yes. But they couldn't Jan Michael Vincent off the sauce, so the project was scrapped.
CBKillas 2 months ago
@CBKillas LOL !
Yuyo1977 2 months ago
eurocopter c'est de la daube
il faut renationaliser aérospatiale afin que la france reprenne ces billes
l'ingénierie Française vaut mieux que cette x-merde
lagardères nous rendra contre écu sonnant et s'il refuse je l'étripe
quand à la musique ça fait pitié!
pierr1e1 2 months ago
@pierr1e1 eurocopter t'emmerde !
helicos60 2 months ago
@helicos60 mais ce que tu ne sais pas c'est qu'aérospatiale faisait les hélicoptères les plus utilisés (écureuil et dauphin) et que depuis eurocopter c'est fini il n'y a plus d'aéronautique française
mais fondue dans un compromis d'intérêts privés qui ne font rien d'intéressant
pierr1e1 2 months ago
@helicos60 aérospatiale produisait les plus grandes séries d'hélicoptères
c'était le patrimoine français et ça marchait très bien
pierr1e1 2 months ago
@pierr1e1 ouais mais bon c'est pas mal quand même regarde l'ec145 ou même le X3
helicos60 1 month ago
@helicos60 ce que je veux dire c'est le savoir-faire de l'ingénierie française
maintenant ça appartient à une bande d'escrocs apatrides (lagardères...)
si tu vas par exemple sur le site d'eurocopt tout est écrit en anglais
est amalgamé des appareils fr ita ang all c'est plus que de la bouillie
c'est toujours la france qui fait les découvertes
( récemment le "thermoréacteur")
et au final on doit s'extasier sur les européens...
ça sert à rien d'être la France alors !
pierr1e1 1 month ago
@helicos60 après là où je voulais en venir c'est qu'on avait pas besoin des allemands des italiens des anglais des espagnols pour rajouter 2 hélices sur les côtés
y a pas de révolution
en réalité ce qu'est pas mal c'est ce qu'avait déjà fait aérospatiale
voilà ce que je pense
c'est comme si peugeot rachetait ferrari et rajoutait un aileron sur la enzo
pour nous la présenter comme la nouvelle peugeot
ce serait de l'arnaque
pierr1e1 1 month ago
the only diference whit the Sikorsky is it have 2 horizontal engines instead 1...and IT WILL NEVER BEE AS COOL AS AIR WOLF
mauricioalfredo83 4 months ago
@mauricioalfredo83 The Sikorsky X-2 is very different. It was designed to go even faster than this, and it uses a counter-rotating rigid main rotor, this EC X3 still uses an articulated main rotor. At 230 knots, still very impressive. These technnologies, and even the Army SOAR project, have all pretty much been done before, just the new technologies like FBW are making them more easy to achive reliable functionality. And you're right, not as cool as Airwolf, and I cringed listening to that...
tubernation1 3 months ago
エアーウルフのテーマがBGMってどうよ？
TOPSKY777 5 months ago
il est efficace et beau en plus !!!
michelsud31 6 months ago
quelle belle machine!
babzzon 7 months ago