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Old 10th Oct 2009, 06:33
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Hilife
 
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Future prospects for the X2

If the X2 demonstrator establishes ABC technology as a viable platform solution, then as a result of its intended high speed capabilities any X2 follow-on market would likely be targeted at the military as an armed escort or battlefield reconnaissance/attack platform.

However, all that technology comes at a price and I should imagine the rotor system will be subject to very high cyclic loading which in turn may result in very high LCF costs, so usage as a civil platform might not make financial sense in the early years.

Time will tell.
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