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Completed active rotor wind testing for Sikorsky Aircraft

California, USA - Satisfaction for the result achieved

Sikorsky Innovations, Sikorsky Aircraft section for technology development, announced the completion of the aerodynamic testing of its active rotor system equipped with high authority flaps. The tests were carried out jointly with the US Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD). At the base of the test the will to develop the high efficiency trailing edge flap and a system of loop control...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1129095
Rome, Italy, 05/04/2011 18:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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