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Old 18th Jul 2011, 12:12
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Ian Corrigible
 
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From Flight:

A picture released by Sikorsky showed that the sail fairing was absent on the X2's final flight.

Sikorsky later explained that the sail fairing was sacrificed to apply more resources to meeting a "fairly aggressive" schedule for flying the first two S-97 prototypes within three years.

"We had planned to install and test the fairing but have since decided our focus needs to shift 100% to the S-97 Raider," Sikorsky said.
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