Piasecki X 49A Experimental US Military Helicopter Built For Speed!

PiAC’s X-49A Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter project is an Army Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) system to flight exhibit potential enhancements in rate, extent, survivability and unwavering quality, tending to the Army’s Future Force prerequisites for more prominent rotorcraft operational range and supportability. The VTDP innovation replaces the traditional tail rotor and gives against torque and yaw control with the extra capacity to give forward push and trim control.
In blend with a lifting wing, this innovation empties the rotor, permitting the helicopter to fly half speedier, twice as far, is more flexibility and diminishes vibration and weakness loads, enhancing unwavering quality and lessening life cycle costs. To begin with flight of the X-49A Demonstrator happened on 29 June 2007 and the Phase 1 flight test envelope development program has been finished at the Flight Test Center, Wilmington, Delaware. All underlying Phase I contract breakthroughs have been proficient and the outcomes have met or surpassed all system goals.