Eurocopter X3 Reaches Interim Speed Target
LONDON — Eurocopter’s X3 hybrid helicopter concept demonstrator has reached its initial 180-kt. speed target. The program, unveiled in September, reached the speed marker on Nov. 29 at the Istres flight-test center in southern France. So far, the helo also has reached 12,500 ft. altitude and...
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