{"id":128,"date":"2012-06-27T18:22:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T16:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/?p=128"},"modified":"2012-06-27T18:23:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T16:23:28","slug":"x-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/x-series\/","title":{"rendered":"X-series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So similar and so different!<\/p>\n<p>Here are today&#8217;s updates from the two major high speed helicopter <em>prototypes<\/em> manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U2bG5R0xQhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PkcGNNKp_EA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have 2 videos with significantly different targets. These \u00a0products\u00a0will be\u00a0showing the new state of the art of the helicopter flying.<\/p>\n<p>X2 will benefit from the newest construction methods. You will have a HOTAS interface (hands on throttle and stick), so that the pilot in the middle of the combat action will keep his hands on the <em>flying<\/em> device, instead of the <em>computer<\/em> device. Fly by wire, feedback device, the man-machine will be optimised in the smallest details.<\/p>\n<p>X3 looks like a smooth flying beast, capable of the most powerful vertical climbs, looking like a rocket quietly climbing to the sky. You don&#8217;t need this performance when you&#8217;re in a fight, but you would be happy of it when you need maneuverability between mountains or over the sea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, what&#8217;s next? We have 2 high speed helicopters, both with a main rotor and additional pushing propellers, but each concept dedicated to different markets. Does it mean that we have no chance to see them fly together within next months?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So similar and so different! Here are today&#8217;s updates from the two major high speed helicopter prototypes manufacturers. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We have 2 videos with significantly different targets. These \u00a0products\u00a0will be\u00a0showing the new state of the art of the helicopter flying. X2 will benefit from the newest construction methods. You will have a HOTAS <a href='https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/x-series\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueskyrotor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}