"Here’s the first look at the Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant " Topic
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Tango01  | 27 Dec 2018 11:14 a.m. PST |
….helicopter
"Sikorsky and Boeing provided the first look at the Defiant helicopter, one of two designs competing under the U.S. Army's Joint Multi-Role technology demonstrator program, two weeks after confirming the first flight would be delayed until 2019.
The Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator effort will inform requirements for the U.S. Army's FVL family of systems, which will come online in the 2030s…."
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| microgeorge | 27 Dec 2018 11:30 a.m. PST |
Just wondering if they have solved the vibrations issues with the compound main rotor. |
| Lion in the Stars | 27 Dec 2018 1:06 p.m. PST |
@Microgeorge: I'm assuming that is the 'issue discovered during ground tests' that delayed the first flight. Kinda surprising that this has 4-bladed counter-rotating main rotors (the Russian Kamov birds use 3-blade rotors), and that's an 8-bladed pusher prop! |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 27 Dec 2018 2:18 p.m. PST |
So for use with my 28mm near-future troops, I guess I want it in about 1:48 scale? |
| Lion in the Stars | 27 Dec 2018 11:01 p.m. PST |
Yes, 1/48 will be about right. I have several 1/48 helos (and even an Osprey!) for my 28mm games, minis on bases look about right to even a little tall. |
| Tango01 | 28 Dec 2018 11:36 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it (in 1/48) boys! (smile)
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