Originally Posted by Graviman
This will also benefit autorotation, by providing an additional source of windmill brake power.
Would this be a big benefit? Wouldn't that cause a lot of drag, which would require a higher descent rate in turn? I would think a lower disk loading main rotor would be a lot better at capturing that energy.
Originally Posted by Graviman
Good luck on the tether test flying.
Are they really going to do that? Igor Sikorsky did tether tests on the VS-300, according to my history books, but I thought they gave it up after that.
Originally Posted by Graviman
Any word on who the lucky TPs are going to be, or is it bad form to ask such a thing?
Sounds like a good question for our resident X2 inner circle guy, CEFOSKEY. Maybe he will tell us after heli-expo.
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