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This video shows the Sikorsky X2 breaking the world’s helicopter speed record: 260 knots – that’s 482km/h vs the 277km/h of conventional helicopters. Bonus: The video shows their X2 Light Tactical Helicopter too.
Sikorsky, makers of the Blackhawk and other sleek helicopters, have successfully tested their X2 Technology Demonstrator, a prototype designed to showcase new propulsion systems that will allow their helicopters to fly at twice the speed of conventional ones. And it looks sci-fi pretty too, even more so from the front:
