The Racer POWER ON test took place at the Airbus Helicopters facility in Marignane, France, with the participation of all the teams involved in this key milestone. Through this test, the Racer has obtained the green light to begin flight testing this year 2023. Developed by Airbus Helicopters in the frame of the Clean Sky 2 European research Leer másRacer demonstrator: green light to start flight testing in 2023[…]
Within Clean Sky 2, the Clean Aviation rotorcraft demonstrators NextGenCTR and RACER, will take to skies by mid-2023. These two Fast Rotorcraft Innovative Aircraft Demonstrator Platform (FRC-IADP), with two different architectures of fast rotorcraft, are being developed and will be tested in flight: the Next Generation Civil Tiltrotor (NextGenCTR) demonstrator and the Rapid And Cost Leer másClean Aviation rotorcraft demonstrators will fly in mid-2023[…]
Airbus RACER demonstrator is closer now to taking flight along this 2022. The ANGELA Consortium finalised and delivered to Airbus Helicopters a flight-cleared landing gear system which will be integrated into the RACER high-speed compound helicopter. RACER will be assembled and flight-tested in 2022. Landing gears are one of the most critical aircraft and helicopter sub-systems to Leer másAirbus RACER demonstrator closer to taking flight this 2022[…]
Clean Sky — El proyecto WIMPER tiene como objetivo desarrollar ventanas y parabrisas ligeros y resistentes a la erosión para aguantar el impacto de aves, incluso a altas velocidades, para el demostrador Airbus Helicopters RACER. El parabrisas WIMPER aumenta la seguridad y mejora su resistencia al desgaste, lo que también proporciona una mayor visibilidad exterior. Además Leer másWIMPER supera las pruebas de impacto de aves para el Airbus RACER[…]