V-280 wins US ARMY FLRAA contract
"Spyclip" at secret projects:History suggests that RaiderX will suffer the exact same performance issues as all other rigid rotor coaxial designs. Its hard to imagine a situation where the Army would select a fundamentally flawed platform, especially in this case where the aircraft will be given to the Army to do the test flying. Think about how Sikorsky has, to date, still never let an Army XP be PIC on the S-97. And also how there were no Army XP on Defiant until the absolute last minute on a single sortie before it went radio silent and likely retired.
There'll be no place to hide the weenie this time.
With the competitive prototype aircraft both designed around a single engine, RaiderX will be objectively outperformed by Invictus in flight test. If the Army pivots, as expected, to a twin with a larger footprint allowable then it negates the entire CP aircraft exercise and all the losing bidders for the demo will have a field day in court. Combined with the ongoing schedule slips of T901, I do not see how this entire SNAFU does not get canceled before EOY 2023.
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/thr....13812/page-63
There'll be no place to hide the weenie this time.
With the competitive prototype aircraft both designed around a single engine, RaiderX will be objectively outperformed by Invictus in flight test. If the Army pivots, as expected, to a twin with a larger footprint allowable then it negates the entire CP aircraft exercise and all the losing bidders for the demo will have a field day in court. Combined with the ongoing schedule slips of T901, I do not see how this entire SNAFU does not get canceled before EOY 2023.
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/thr....13812/page-63
Hitler Reacts to the Bell V-280 winning FLRAA.
This is the first I ever saw this type of parody humor. When playing the video on a phone, you may need to hold the phone vertically to see the full image.
All the audio is in German, but the close caption is a parody of what Hitler would say about Bell winning FLRAA, if he was in charge of Sikorsky.
https://www.captiongenerator.com/v/2284390/hitler-reacts-to-the-bell-v-280-winning-flraa.
All the audio is in German, but the close caption is a parody of what Hitler would say about Bell winning FLRAA, if he was in charge of Sikorsky.
https://www.captiongenerator.com/v/2284390/hitler-reacts-to-the-bell-v-280-winning-flraa.
Last edited by CTR; 22nd May 2023 at 22:36.
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This is the first I ever saw this type of parody humor. When playing the video on a phone, you may need to hold the phone vertically to see the full image.
All the audio is in German, but the close caption is a parody of what Hitler would say about Bell winning FLRAA, if he was in charge of Sikorsky.
All the audio is in German, but the close caption is a parody of what Hitler would say about Bell winning FLRAA, if he was in charge of Sikorsky.
To each their own. Humor is a very personal thing. I however, found it hilariously funny in a Steinfeld episode way. It was also almost spot on accurate in the engineering technical aspects.
Finally, after the legal and political actions of Lockheed following their loss to Bell, any feeling of shame in laughing at their current situation is nonexistent.
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