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Old 6th Jan 2021, 14:57
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Originally Posted by henra
is also rather limited in its agility and descent rate compared to the nimble Blackhawk.
Sorry, but this has been shown in flight testing to be demonstrably false.

Of course, Sikorsky also claims the same thing with Defiant, but over 5+ years of trickled flight testing neither it nor S-97 have demonstrated anything approaching even what the V-280 has done in YouTube videos or in front of public audiences.
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