Originally Posted by
tartare
So - reading back through the thread - essentially you are all debating whether a rigid rotor co-axial design will effectively scale up to the size required by the Raider?
I've debated the following:
- The Raider is the upper limit of the ABC technology scalability that will still meet some of its performance goals versus conventional helicopters
- Even at S-97 gross weight it will not perform the high-G maneuvers advertised (even X2 never demonstrated the same at 1/2 size)
- A flyaway cost for S-97 would not come anywhere close to the purported $15 million price tag
The real feasibility challenge is scaling up 2X again to SB-1 size and meeting any of the maneuverability, speed, and cost targets.