Originally Posted by tottigol
EC-145, soon to have a five bladed main rotor, courtesy the US ARMY money
What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis? The five-bladed bearingless Advanced Technology Rotor flown in April 2006...three months before the LUH selection was made?? Also, the commercial nature of the UH-72 contract means that EADS doesn't receive any IRAD slush funds - so they wouldn't be able to fund anything 'courtesy of the US Army' unless a specific contract mod was written for it.
Originally Posted by fluffy5
I am sure they can dust off the Comanche, have another go
A 'Comanche-lite' was actually included in Sikorsky's response to the 2010 AAS RFI. This 'X1' concept was dropped in favor of the S-97 offering.
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