Guess that Helicopter

[rmciottijr]

Ok I was in Delaware today just across form KILG at a vendors site and this was flying by and it was fast. One of the guys knew it by name but the sieve I call my brain let it flow through. Well if I hear the name again I will remember it and if not I will ask. The story I got (from this vendor that was asked to help with some wiring on it) was that it’s a new type of Blackhawk and one of a kind. He was told that it could fly 150 times faster then the current Blackhawk. Enjoy the pictures. Any info would be great.

Bob

 

[KennyFlys]

I've never seen one before. The tail assembly appears like a duct can be turned aft to provide greater thrust during forward fast flight. It appears to have a pretty significant vertical stabilizer as well.

 

[tonycondon]

150 times faster then the current Blackhawk. Enjoy the pictures. Any info would be great.

Bob

unless the current blackhawk was limited to something like 1 to 1.5 knots i dont see how that would be possible.

interesting design. morph between rotor and fixed wing. i wonder if the rotor is used in cruise flight like a rotor on gyrocopter, adding lift to that provided by the wing. ive certainly seen nothing like this.

 

[Noah Werka]

Piasecki X-49A Speedhawk

Watch here

 

[tonycondon]

very interesting!

 

[rmciottijr]

That's it, the Speedhawk they also said someone got it on Youtube. That should of been 150% faster not 150X faster but it didn't show that in the video. Maybe they did not want to push it yet.

 

[Nav8tor]

More info here.

http://www.piasecki.com/pdfs/X-49APR062807.pdf

It's been a pretty common site at ILG in recent months.

 

[AdamZ]

Thats pretty impressive!

 

[RotaryWingBob]

Good call!

 

[Teller1900]

Incredible. That's like the ultimate auto gyro.