Originally Posted by
SplineDrive
After a few months of quiet, some more progress with S-97 AC2... finally exceeded 200 knots and demoed some various low speed maneuvers and some decent angle of bank, etc.
Sikorsky Raider Hits 200 knots
Well this sounds interesting.
"Low acoustics" in high speed mode (skip to 1:34):
High speed flyby from the 8/1 video:
Did they doctor the sound, or what is going on differently in the promo video? I notice a more nose-low attitude, is that just running rotor-only with a freewheeling prop in that clip?