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Dave Jackson
June 3rd 05, 07:03 PM
Sikorsky to Build and Test X2 Technology Demonstrator Helicopter
http://www.sikorsky.com/details/0,3036,CLI1_DIV69_ETI2088,00.html

Sparkle
June 5th 05, 08:30 AM
Dave Jackson wrote:
> Sikorsky to Build and Test X2 Technology Demonstrator Helicopter
> http://www.sikorsky.com/details/0,3036,CLI1_DIV69_ETI2088,00.html

I never quite liked that coaxial ABC idea. Sort of like an airplane with
a high Skyhawk wing on one side of the fuselage, and a low Cherokee wing
on the other side.

As a "symmetry" guy, doesn't that bug you?

Dave Jackson
June 6th 05, 07:41 PM
"Sparkle wrote
> I never quite liked that coaxial ABC idea. Sort of like an airplane with
> a high Skyhawk wing on one side of the fuselage, and a low Cherokee wing
> on the other side.
>
> As a "symmetry" guy, doesn't that bug you?

Not at all.
It's the first shoe to drop, in the inevitable move toward the Intermeshing
and Interleaving configurations. :)

Dave J

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