Airbus has filed a patent for the world's fastest helicopter
 

Airbus has filed a patent for the world's fastest helicopter
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Airbus has filed a patent for the world's fastest helicopter.

The hybrid aircraft is an advanced version of the Airbus' Eurocopter X3, which is currently under development and set an u**fficial record in 2013 for the world's fastest helicopter, attaining a top speed of 263 k**ts — or about 303 miles per hour — in a descent.*

That's still much slower than a commercial jet, but for a helicopter, it's greased lightning.

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"Airbus' Eurocopter X3 is the fastest helicopter in the world," said Deepak Gupta of PatentYogi, which made the above video to demonstrate the patent's ideas.* Read more...


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