October 28, 2008 Helicopters featuring coaxial rotor designs are not exactly new. The co-axial design of a pair of rotors mounted on the same mast and with the same axis of rotation, but turning ...

The coaxial rotor design is so efficient NASA chose it for its Mars Helicopter "ingenuity," which had to fly in an atmosphere that is only 1/100th as dense as Earth’s. There are many companies ...

The Army has announced the future of air assault: the MV-75, designed to sweep into battle at more than 320 mph, skimming ...

The Defiant isn’t the first coaxial helicopter: the Russian Kamov Ka-80 sports two rotors above each other, and Chinook helicopters also use two large rotors that spin in different directions.

The X2 uses a pair of rotors, one mounted above the other, similar to Russia's KA-52, the answer to America's AH-54 Apache attack helicopter. It's called a coaxial rotor system, and each main ...

“Our rotor blown wing has demonstrated the control ... Since then, Sikorsky hasn’t scrapped the promise of its X2 coaxial helicopter technology and continues to pitch it to other potential ...

The rotor system was developed for the CoAX 600 ultra-light helicopter. With a take-off weight of 600 kg, it is the first in its class and the use of the coaxial rotor system has made it possible to ...

The AH-64 Apache and the Ka-52 Alligator represent two very different philosophies of battlefield domination from the air. One is a product of American precision and layered command structure; the ...

The coaxial design for the main rotor is truly unique and actually eliminates the need for a tail rotor. The Mil Mi-38, introduced in 2019, is a medium-lift twin-engine transport helicopter ...

(Modern attack helicopters: from the 60s to the ... and cannon pods. The coaxial design for the main rotor is truly unique and actually eliminates the need for a tail rotor. The Mi-24 earned ...

Luca Goretti urged Italy to partner with Sikorsky and its parent company Lockheed Martin on coaxial rotor helicopters. That type of system features two rotors turning in opposite directions ...