Originally Posted by
Evalu8ter
The external seating patent recently released looks a little desperate on a single engined non-SOCOM platform
The 360 external pax patent was filed in 2020 only months after the FARA OTA was whittled down to Bell and Sikorsky. It certainly doesn't appear to be some sort of last minute hail mary
Originally Posted by
Evalu8ter
Given that the lift-compound design will be barely faster than today's platforms, and Raider much quicker, it also closes the 'escort gap' to V-280 if needed.
With similar installed power and the less than successful history of
all X2 platforms to date achieving Vh, its head-scratching to continue to hear folks presuming any sort of RaiderX speed advantage. The 20 year Sikorsky X2 spin machine certainly has paid dividends in the collective psyche.