The military will present three options for high-speed helicopter
Flying laboratory of a high-speed helicopter converted from a Mi-24K helicopter.
Earlier, the head of the Russian Helicopters holding company, Andrei Boginsky, reported that the concept of a high-speed helicopter for the Russian Defense Ministry would be presented by November 2018.
According to an agency source, “the department will be presented with three concepts of a high-speed combat helicopter with a different aerodynamic design scheme.”
He clarified that, at the request of the military, the maximum speed of a prospective combat helicopter should be “400 and more km / h, cruising - 360 and more km / h”.
Recall that at present the speed of combat helicopters does not exceed 300-350 km / h, which is associated with the design features of this class of aircraft. Designers of a number of countries around the world are also working to create high-speed helicopters, for example, the S-97 Raider - in the USA, Eurocopter X3 - in Europe.
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