The Sikorsky X2 Technology Demonstrator is an experimental compound helicopter with coaxial rotors currently under development. Utilizing a 6-bladed pusher propeller delivered by Rotating Composite Technologies, LLC. the aircraft achieved an unofficial helicopter speed record of 250 knots on September 15th, 2010. On March 15, 2011, the Sikorsky X2 Technology Demonstrator won the 2010 Robert J. Collier Trophy , which is awarded for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America.
Sikorsky video of the Sep. 15, 2010 test flight during which its X2 Technology coaxial-rotor helicopter demonstrator achieved its 250kt speed goal.
Kevin Bredenbeck talks with AVweb about the aircraft, the program, and what it's like to go that fast in a helicopter.
