American high-speed helicopter SB1 Defiant dispersed faster than 100 knots

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American high-speed helicopter SB1 Defiant dispersed faster than 100 knots

The promising multipurpose high-speed helicopter SB> 1 Defiant, developed by a consortium of Sikorsky and Boeing, made its maiden flight at a speed of over 100 knots (185 kilometers per hour). The tests took place at the airfield of the American company Sikorsky in West Palm Beach (Florida). Boeing posted a video of these tests on its YouTube page.

As the developers explained, accelerating a helicopter to a speed of over 100 knots is one of the most important marks when testing the latest high-speed helicopters. At the next stage of testing, which took place on January 13, 2020, the helicopter not only accelerated faster than 100 knots, but also he performed a series of turns with a roll of 30 degrees. The tests are recognized as successful.



The creation of SB> 1 is carried out on a competitive basis within the framework of the US Army program for the development of helicopters of a new concept for the creation of a family of promising army vehicles aviation... The first built prototype of the SB> 1 demonstrator was shown on December 26, 2018.

According to the requirements of the US Army, the new helicopter must transport 12 fully equipped infantrymen with a cruising speed of at least 230 nodes (about 428 km / h) to a distance of at least 229 nautical miles (424 km). The program provides for the creation of five types of new helicopters or vertical take-off and landing aircraft to replace the entire fleet of US Army helicopters (OH-58, AH-64, UH-60, CH-47), starting around 2030-2035.


The SB> 1 helicopter uses Sikorsky's new main rotor system that combines coaxial counter-rotating rotors with a tail rotor driven by a rotor gearbox. This scheme was tested on the demonstrator of the 2015-ton S-5 Raider helicopter, which has been tested since May 97, with a "passport" maximum speed of 444 km / h and a cruising speed of 407 km / h.

The maximum takeoff weight SB> 1 is declared at 32000 lb (14515 kg), with a capacity of up to 18 people. The helicopter is equipped with modified Honeywell T55 turboshaft engines with a take-off power of approximately 4000 hp and a cruising speed of 460 km / h.

The competitor to SB> 1 Sikorsky and Boeing in the program to replace the US Army's helicopter fleet is the V-280 Valor tiltrotor of the Bell and Lockheed Martin consortium, the prototype of which has been flight tested since December 18, 2017.
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    2. +6
      18 January 2020 15: 26
      This one can "knock" the tiltrotor out of the race ... If they cope with the aerodynamics of the rotors at speeds around 500 km / h. And why don't our "Kamovites" develop one? Really not needed?
      1. +6
        18 January 2020 15: 30
        Give money for a prototype? She won’t, she won’t ... And if she does, how much will they order?


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        1. +3
          18 January 2020 15: 31
          Quote: Andrey77
          Give money for a prototype?

          Money, this is to Mishustin. tongue
          1. +5
            18 January 2020 15: 35
            We hold on. :)
          2. +11
            18 January 2020 15: 43
            Quote: Mountain Shooter
            Quote: Andrey77
            Give money for a prototype?

            Money, this is to Mishustin. tongue

            he can only take it away.
            1. +1
              18 January 2020 18: 28
              Thin. :))))
        2. +5
          18 January 2020 19: 46
          Quote: Andrey77
          Give money for a prototype? It will, it will not ... And if it does, how much will be ordered

          In bulk, 2 months ago they again invested $ 700 million in American securities, and in total the amount is $ 11,5 billion.
      2. -2
        18 January 2020 17: 31
        What is it, what is going on in the world? What, now the super-duper Osprey is scrapped? So much money was spent on an expensive toy. lol All these attempts to combine "soft with warm", instead of functionality, lead only to a significant complication and increase in the cost of the project, with a dubious perspective. In terms of theoretical research, I agree, the project is interesting, but the idea is far from new.
        1. 0
          18 January 2020 23: 28
          A completely different class of machine
          Has no relation to this
      3. +3
        18 January 2020 22: 51
        This one can also "knock" the tiltrotor out of the race ...

        And knock out. If not he, then another, according to the same scheme. Sailing - evil.
        If they can cope with the aerodynamics of the rotors at speeds around 500 km / h.

        Well, they will not be up to 500 for objective reasons. 400 cruising will be enough - this is a one and a half increase in speed compared to the existing fleet and a sharp increase in combat potential.
        And why don't our "Kamovites" develop one? Really not needed?

        In fact, this is exactly what Kamovtsy are developing - also according to this scheme. Moreover, according to the available pictures - more practical. But you have to hurry.
    3. +9
      18 January 2020 15: 28
      Interesting. Everyone is now trying to create high-speed helicopters that are only 150-200 km / h superior to existing helicopters, but 500-800 km / h lower than the speeds of modern attack aircraft. Why such hard work, can anyone explain? Personally, I don’t understand, at least blame me.
      1. +5
        18 January 2020 15: 36
        Quote: Piramidon
        Why such hard work, can anyone explain? Personally, I don’t understand.

        Because it’s not a machine for a serious war ... But against the partisan Papuans. Reaction time. Your base may be twice as far, and the arrival time for support is the same. Refueling DRG, evacuation, departure for fire support, and limited take-off and landing sites. It is also desirable and inexpensive.
        1. -3
          18 January 2020 16: 55
          Quote: Mountain Shooter
          Because it’s not a machine for a serious war ... But against the Papuan partisans.

          Not convinced. Do Papuan partisans have speed interceptors?
      2. +8
        18 January 2020 15: 39
        Quote: Piramidon
        Interesting. Everyone is now trying to create high-speed helicopters that are only 150-200 km / h superior to existing helicopters, but 500-800 km / h lower than the speeds of modern attack aircraft. Why such hard work, can anyone explain? Personally, I don’t understand, at least blame me.

        In order to move from point A to point B as quickly as possible.
        1. -2
          18 January 2020 16: 27
          Quote: professor
          In order to move from point A to point B as quickly as possible.

          Not convincing. All this front-line aviation is based and deployed in advance and not suddenly. Where did you see this type of troops being transferred from point A to B without providing their cover?
          1. +7
            18 January 2020 19: 42
            Yes, only recently the special forces quickly pulled up the embassy in Iraq when the batch started on convertibles. In such operations, time goes by minutes.
          2. +3
            18 January 2020 20: 07
            Quote: Piramidon
            Quote: professor
            In order to move from point A to point B as quickly as possible.

            Not convincing. All this front-line aviation is based and deployed in advance and not suddenly. Where did you see this type of troops being transferred from point A to B without providing their cover?

            Special Forces, unprepared sites ...
          3. +1
            19 January 2020 23: 26
            Not convincing

            It’s not worth it to convince you. But I’ll try to explain. The helicopter can take off and land on unprepared sites and does not require an extended runway. Attack aircraft cannot do this. But helicopters have lower speeds than planes. Therefore, increasing the speed for helicopters is an important task. But it rests on the aerodynamics of the rotors. Easier - the speed for such a scheme can not be increased indefinitely. By the way, for the same reason, tiltrotors can compete with helicopters. Convertibles can fly faster despite a more complex scheme.
      3. +1
        18 January 2020 16: 31
        Piramidon, Stepa, it's just that they are trying to get the vehicle from the movie "The Sixth Day" with the tenacity of a maniac. wink
        1. +2
          18 January 2020 17: 00
          Quote: sabakina
          it's just that they are trying to get the vehicle from the movie "The Sixth Day" with the tenacity of a maniac.

          And if you also connect "Avatar" ... Although I don't like these Yankes, they have good Hollywood fiction.
        2. 0
          19 January 2020 23: 32
          The idea is very interesting. And helicopter take-off and landing and high speed due to the fixation of the blades (transformation into fixed bearing surfaces). But technology does not yet allow.
      4. +12
        18 January 2020 17: 31
        A ground attack aircraft needs an equipped airfield. You can’t put modern cars on the field or in the clearing, and public roads have not been designed for this for a long time. Accordingly, in a number of situations when it is necessary to carry out combat missions, but there are no ways to ensure the availability and safety of the airfield, helicopters are useful. These are the above-mentioned operations of evacuating and dropping groups behind enemy lines, and direct fire support of troops on the front lines, in difficult terrain, especially if the enemy has long-range air defense systems that will not allow attack aircraft to fly quietly and efficiently in a straight line at high altitude 200 -400 km from the airfield jump. Do not forget also about the cost of deploying infrastructure for aircraft in case of offensive or expeditionary operations like in Syria. A helicopter can land on any site, is much less sensitive to weather conditions, can make its way to the target using terrain, especially in the mountains, which makes it possible to operate even in the enemy’s air defense zone ... All this together makes helicopters on the battlefield extremely useful in a number of situations. And why be surprised that designers are trying to increase their speed characteristics? This will reduce the reaction time to the attack, the flight time, if necessary, to provide support or fire for the enemy gathered in a heap, will allow more active maneuvering, will give some chances in maneuvering combat with enemy helicopters or light attack aircraft ... And that for 100-200 km / h - so it is necessary to rejoice at this. There are very serious technical difficulties. The very layout of a flying machine with a rotor is not particularly stable at high speeds, and the drag at the slightest tilt is growing very quickly ...
      5. +11
        18 January 2020 20: 36
        Quote: Piramidon
        but 500-800 km / h lower than the speed of modern attack aircraft

        Comrade, attack aircraft carry 18 equipped soldiers?
        Quote: Mountain Shooter
        Because it’s not a machine for a serious war ... But against the Papuan partisans.

        Our company of paratroopers of the perished - are they "popuasy"?
        The world is changing and speed comes to the fore.
        Speed ​​in everything. In detection, in recognition, in reaction speed, in speed of help, evacuation.
        PS.
        Personally, I like Valor better. Flies like an airplane, sits down like a helicopter on any more or less flat area.
        And all the adherents of the wretchedness of convertiplanes can drip with their mantras about the "complexity" of convertiplanes. Let them ditch their smartphones and laptops and go back to abacus and typewriters.
        In reality, these adherents are fed up like a stagnant swamp.
        1. -2
          18 January 2020 23: 51
          Quote: Scoun
          Comrade, attack aircraft carry 18 equipped soldiers?

          Will a combat helicopter transport many fighters? The transport multi-seat high-speed helicopter is from the same realm of fiction as the supersonic transport aircraft.
        2. SAG
          -2
          19 January 2020 02: 14
          Quote: Scoun

          Personally, I like Valor better.

          Yes, I agree personally I like Lamborghini, but if I have 30 Lyam, I’d better buy a fleet of simple tricks or grand tricks. Personal taxi fleet decision is much more balanced.
          P. S: Look for a direct anology hi
      6. +2
        18 January 2020 23: 31
        Attack aircraft cannot take off and lands on a helicopter
        Except for one that is no longer being released
        But in general, it is more likely a Long-range multi-purpose Mi8 variant
    4. +2
      18 January 2020 15: 36
      A high-speed helicopter occupies a very necessary niche, but is very technologically advanced in production, and no one can afford to produce it.
      And his prospects are very good, much better than the V-280 Valor - which is most likely a dead end.

      1. +14
        18 January 2020 18: 46
        On the contrary, a high-speed helicopter is a dead end.
        Carry a lifting screw with you on high-speed horizontal flight
        which only slows down - you can’t imagine stupider.
        1. +2
          18 January 2020 19: 48
          I agree with you. At the moment, aviation has reached its ceiling. For further development, new breakthrough technologies are needed. But they are not. A revolution in technology is not yet foreseen and all forces are thrown into "digitalization" and licking the existing one. Therefore, you have to "drag the lifting screw".
        2. 0
          19 January 2020 00: 21
          Carry a lifting screw with you on high-speed horizontal flight
          which only slows down - you can’t imagine stupider.

          The propeller creates lift, and with sufficient adaptability it approaches the wings.
          Do not forget that the main purpose of the helicopter is hovering. Speed ​​is needed only to minimize the time it takes to deliver the helicopter to the target, so that it has as much time as possible for its main work - freezing, which increases its efficiency.
          Can the V-280 Valor, by hovering, be compared to a helicopter? Also, the V-280 Valor is not able to compete with the aircraft in terms of speed and economy of flight. Something getting into the millet.
          It turns out that you can still come up with dumber laughing
          1. 0
            19 January 2020 00: 47
            "Also, the V-280 Valor is not able to compete with the aircraft
            in terms of speed and economy of flight "////
            ----
            But much ahead of these parameters helicopters. smile
            And ahead of the distances that can overcome, ahead of helicopters
            many times.
            The article says, let's not forget, about SPEED helicopters.
            In this category, tiltrotors definitely win helicopters.
            If we talk about mule helicopters - transportation of heavy loads - then
            helicopters win here.
    5. +1
      18 January 2020 15: 39
      The chassis must be made retractable, otherwise they interfere with acceleration. ..
    6. +5
      18 January 2020 15: 40
      He lacks wings. With them, when speed is reached, when aerodynamic forces begin to act on the wings, it would be possible to reduce the power on the main rotor, and thereby increase the flight range and reduce noise. IMHO.
      Again, points for the suspension of weapons and sighting systems or protection, to improve and facilitate handling at high speeds, so to speak, "like an airplane". Probably other "goodies" will come out, in my amateurish opinion. what fellow feel
      1. +3
        18 January 2020 17: 35
        I don’t know how correct the comparison is, but there were wings on the Mi-6, and on its more advanced modification the Mi-26 has already been removed. I’m not an aerodynamic, but apparently it’s all about more advanced blades, for which the wings are extra ballast.

        1. +1
          18 January 2020 18: 04
          Quote: Aqr009
          I don’t know how correct the comparison is, but there were wings on the Mi-6, and on its more advanced modification the Mi-26 has already been removed. I’m not an aerodynamic, but apparently it’s all about more advanced blades, for which the wings are extra ballast.


          Heavy helicopters.
          They fly at speeds of about 200 km / h. At this speed, the wings, even if they are, are practically unnecessary due to the low lifting force and, in fact, are overweight.
          Another thing when planning a speed of about 500 km / h. There it is possible to expect greater returns from them.
          1. +1
            19 January 2020 23: 29
            There is a wing on Mi24, but on LL at its base they were removed ....
    7. -1
      18 January 2020 15: 44
      The promising multipurpose high-speed helicopter SB> 1 Defiant, developed by a consortium of Sikorsky and Boeing, made its maiden flight at a speed of over 100 knots (185 kilometers per hour).

      Wah! And if he, like the old Cossack, is simply thrown off Mount Ararat, then he will definitely develop speed in Dwesti five desat knots! good
      1. +6
        18 January 2020 17: 11
        An Armenian friend has a test photo with his wife on the observation deck of Ararat against the background of the Armenian flag. When the Turkish police pulled out a flag, they nearly took him to the police station. However, for $ 20, they themselves photographed with this flag laughing
    8. 0
      18 January 2020 15: 48
      At such speeds, the wings will not hinder him, and the chassis can be retracted. Aerodynamics close to WWII aircraft.
    9. 0
      18 January 2020 15: 54
      Five companies participated in the competition - AVX Aicraft, Bell Helicopter, Boeing, Karem Aircraft and Sikosrky.
      Europe is trying to keep up - Airbus Helicopters steps on the heels of the Yankees.
      1. -7
        18 January 2020 16: 05
        Our tanks still have stronger armor
    10. +1
      18 January 2020 16: 10
      This scheme was tested on the demonstrator of the 2015-ton S-5 Raider helicopter, which has been tested since May 97, with a "passport" maximum speed of 444 km / h and a cruising speed of 407 km / h.

      So what is the real speed shown by the demonstrator in tests? Classified?
      1. 0
        18 January 2020 22: 47
        Quote: Aviator_
        This scheme was tested on the demonstrator of the 2015-ton S-5 Raider helicopter, which has been tested since May 97, with a "passport" maximum speed of 444 km / h and a cruising speed of 407 km / h.

        So what is the real speed shown by the demonstrator in tests? Classified?

        ===
        yes they write for a long time and miscellaneous https://helicopter.su/perspektivyi_mirovogo_vertoletostroeniya/
    11. 0
      18 January 2020 16: 22
      All these hoaxes will still come down to a vertical take-off airplane (jet or multi-rotor).
    12. 0
      18 January 2020 16: 28
      A strange choice of a single-engine system for military helicopters. My humble opinion.
    13. -1
      18 January 2020 16: 29
      And in my opinion, it is necessary to change the design of the helicopter itself, development according to the classical scheme leads to a dead end.
    14. 0
      18 January 2020 16: 44
      I can’t understand why Sikorsky is with Boeing, or is it their competition is so serious that even a subsidiary is friends with the sworn enemy of the mother lockheed?
    15. 0
      18 January 2020 18: 03
      In fact, this is not a helicopter, but a plane with a wing-rotor.
    16. +1
      19 January 2020 09: 01
      I wonder ... How did the mattress heads come to Kamov's scheme? Previously, they just blamed it, sculpted all sorts of "chinooks" and strange products with intersecting screws, and then suddenly ... And the scheme, as always, will be declared an "American invention".
      And the technical question: If they so diligently "licked" the rotor system, and the entire fuselage, then why is the landing gear not retractable? In appearance - the usual struts with hydraulic shock absorbers. Or will a new retractable chassis be developed for the series? And what about the mass (cleaning drives, chassis compartments, doors of these compartments with drives)?
      1. +2
        19 January 2020 13: 25
        Interesting ... How did this mattress head come to Kamov's scheme? Previously, they only cherished her ...

        The coaxial pattern has many pitfalls. During the development of the Ka-27, Kamovtsy faced a number of problems, the solution of which required an incredible effort and time from them. Therefore, the Ka-27 was born with a long delay.
        It was because of the problems that were considered insoluble that the Americans eschewed the coaxial scheme. However, after perestroika, they gained access to the Kamovtsev’s developments, which allowed them to go all the way to developing a coaxial circuit very smoothly.
        ... why does the gear not retract?

        SB1 Defiant is a milestone model, an intermediate, so to speak layout. The final stage is the FVL Medium, the development of which they will begin after 2020.
    17. 0
      19 January 2020 14: 40
      And here we have the helicopter industry Serdyukov hard collapses ...
    18. +1
      19 January 2020 17: 58
      Quote: Mountain Shooter
      This one can "knock" the tiltrotor out of the race ... If they cope with the aerodynamics of the rotors at speeds around 500 km / h. And why don't our "Kamovites" develop one? Really not needed?
      And you read this article published in the military-industrial complex, then it may be clear hi https://www.vpk-news.ru/articles/54614
    19. +1
      19 January 2020 18: 41
      Quote: Piramidon
      Why such hard work, can anyone explain?

      Any attack aircraft requires GDP that is vulnerable. On the sea, you need an aircraft carrier that costs many billions of dollars. These can take off even from a barge. Speed ​​compared to helicopters is two. You compare, not with those aircraft. Yes hi
    20. 0
      19 January 2020 19: 27
      We are developing (were developing?) Ka-92 and Mi-X1. That's just the results are not visible. :(
    21. +1
      19 January 2020 19: 35
      Now we have mastered the Kama scheme, but they put Karlson on the ass for speed. And we are still completing the Soviet legacy. And how will it end, what will we do?

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