Ultra-fast helicopter in the works

Ultra-fast helicopter in the works 

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The X2 first flew on 27 August 2008 from Schweizer Aircraft's (a division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation) facility at Horseheads, New York. The flight lasted 30 minutes.^[1] This began a 4-phase flight test program, to culminate with reaching a planned 250-knot top speed.^[10] The X2 completed flights with its propeller fully engaged in July 2009.^[11] Sikorsky completed phase 3 of the testing with the X2 hitting 181 knots in test flight in late May 2010.^[12]

On 26 July 2010, Sikorsky announced that the X2 exceeded 225 knots (259 mph; 417 km/h) during flight testing in West Palm Beach Florida, unofficially surpassing the current FAI rotorcraftworld speed record of 216 knots (249 mph) set by a modified Westland Lynx in 1986.^[13] The X2 flight was purposefully made 37 years to the date of the S-69's first flight