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AVIONEWS at "Le Bourget 2007" (8): the X-2's Sikorsky inaugurates

Paris, France - A composite and economic helicopter

US firm has showed its helicopter "Compound" X-2, an hybrid between a bi-rotor coaxial helicopter and a plane with pusher. A unconventional aspect, even in its aerodynamic profile: the X-2 represents the first "Do it yourself" helicopter, a topic that interests the Americans able thanks to adequate laws to build in house or in garage aircrafts that are every bit as good as the ones produced by more...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1075733
Rome, Italy, 06/20/2007 16:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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