{"id":192779,"date":"2009-02-21T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/02\/21\/high-speed-helos-looks-to-boost-speed-in-tests\/"},"modified":"2009-02-21T07:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-21T12:39:00","slug":"high-speed-helos-looks-to-boost-speed-in-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/02\/21\/high-speed-helos-looks-to-boost-speed-in-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"High Speed Helos Looks to Boost Speed in Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img6.imageshack.us\/img6\/6664\/aw02162009700l7340726ms6.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" width=\"300\" \/>Piasecki helicopter is looking to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/publication\/awst\/loggedin\/AvnowStoryDisplay.do?fromChannel=awst&amp;pubKey=awst&amp;channel=awst&amp;issueDate=2009-02-16&amp;story=xml\/awst_xml\/2009\/02\/16\/AW_02_16_2009_p48-118014.xml&amp;headline=Piasecki+Pushes+to+Fly+X-49+Speedhawk+Faster\">demonstrat higher speeds in its vectored-thrust ducted propeller (VTDP) X-49 Speedhawk demonstrator<\/a>. (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">paid subscription required<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>They are currently installing a 3rd engine to power the propulsor, and expand the envelope to 193 kts (223 mph).<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Sikorsky is looking toward taking its X-2 advancing blade helicopter to about 250 kts (288 mph).  It&#8217;s already <a href=\"http:\/\/40yrs.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/sikorsky-x2-powers-up-propulsor.html\">powered up the propulsor on the ground<\/a>, and they look to open the envelope slowly, as this is a privately funded project.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, it appears that they may exceed 250 kts in test at some point, as the manager of advanced programs notes, &#8220;We are comfortable getting to a 250-kt. cruise. The dash speed will be higher.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I can see one or both of these technologies as a replacement for the A-10, which is a fine aircraft, but the US Air Force has wanted it dead for 30 years, and they only grudgingly address the close air support needs of ground troops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piasecki helicopter is looking to demonstrat higher speeds in its vectored-thrust ducted propeller (VTDP) X-49 Speedhawk demonstrator. (paid subscription required) They are currently installing a 3rd engine to power the propulsor, and expand the envelope to 193 kts (223 mph). In the meantime, Sikorsky is looking toward taking its X-2 advancing blade helicopter to about &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1226,1025],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helicopters","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}