Next Generation Helicopter

[Daian1960]

Even better John M the doctor onbord is HIRED from the NHS by the charities!!!

Basically the charity has to pay the NHS to help it!!!

Notwithstanding the NHS still Haemorrhages money.

The lunaticsa have takern over the asylum

[murphyaa]

Originally Posted by nikischutt

Regardless of cost, this thing looks cool. It's begging to be modelled.

Even if it's not bought, it might spur future development and advances in rotorcraft design. Let's face it, there have been few (if any) ground-breaking aviation advances in recent times.

Niki

This still isn't really groundbreaking. It's basically the marriage of a Hillercopter or Kamov and the Cheyenne.

[rbeach84]

The big 'advance' is in the actual production of a rigid or semi-rigid rotor system. More incremental than revolutionary development. Contra-rotating rotors is just one of the alternatives to using a tail rotor or other kind of anti-torque & control device. AFAIK, there hasn't been a previous contra-rotor system using rigid hub technology - at least not on a proposed production machine.

R/
Robert

[nikischutt]

Originally Posted by murphyaa

This still isn't really groundbreaking. It's basically the marriage of a Hillercopter or Kamov and the Cheyenne.

Agreed. But it's at least something different. The Cheyenne was just ahead of its time.