Originally Posted by
The Sultan
From Sikorsky press release:
Impressive! Two demo flights in 3 days. I found it interesting that in the article I saw Sikorsky did not mention a 700 mile ferry flight from West Palm to Huntsville or a return. For a ship with so little flight time one would think these would be big deals. Does anyone know if they actually flew it to Huntsville or trucked it in like they did the ABC to a Ft. Rucker demo in the 70’s (where the XV-15 flew in from its base in Texas)? Also interesting is the article does not mention the speeds obtained.
Full article:
https://theaviationist.com/2021/04/1...stone-arsenal/
After crashing the first prototype, Sikorsky has their second Raider prototype working to some extent. They are still building the Raider X variant. From the video, Sikorsky didn't demonstrate very much. Their X2, or ABC technology, to date is looking lame. Probably why Igor pulled the plug on it in the 1970s. More money for this?