Originally Posted by
The Sultan
You are correct in identifying one of the few performance points the 97/SB-1 programs demonstrated which was the ability of the rotors to collide in moderate roll reversals.
Lets not omit the old XH-59. One wonders what the public perception of the X2 concept would be if the videos of both the XH-59 and S-97 prangs had made their way online like some of the old V-22 mishaps managed to.
