First announced in 2014, LifeRCraft (Low Impact Fast & Efficient RotorCraft) will be a large-scale compound rotorcraft demonstrator developed under the lead of Airbus Helicopters in the framework of Europe Clean Sky 2 Joint Technology Initiative.
On June 2017, Racer (Rapid And Cost-Effective Rotorcraft) high speed demonstrator configuration was first unveiled during the Paris Air Show. The prototype, initially scheduled to fly in 2020, finally took flight in April 2024.
On June 2017, Racer (Rapid And Cost-Effective Rotorcraft) high speed demonstrator configuration was first unveiled during the Paris Air Show. The prototype, initially scheduled to fly in 2020, finally took flight in April 2024.
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Airbus Racer Demonstrator First Flight
25-Apr-24 - Racer, Airbus’s high-speed helicopter demonstrator for the European Research Clean Sky 2 project, completed its first flight in Marignane, France. With a new hybrid-electric eco-mode, it can pause one of the two Aneto-1X engines, thereby contributing to the reduction of CO2 emissions #ecologySafran Eco Mode Hybrid Engine for Airbus Racer
19-Jun-23 - Safran Helicopter Engines has validated its Eco Mode hybrid propulsion system for upcoming flight tests on the Airbus Racer high-speed helicopter demonstrator #HybridRacer Demonstrator Takes Shape
14-Apr-21 - Airbus high-speed demonstrator Racer assembly has begun in Donauwörth, Germany with the arrival of the centre fuselage. #futureSMART-FTI Test Instrumentation for RACER
19-Aug-20 - With a €1.2M funding by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme for the next three years, the SMART-FTI project for Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will design a specialised aerodynamic flight test instrumentation for the Clean Sky 2 demonstrator Airbus RACER #RacerFURADO Rotor Head for RACER Demonstrator
29-Jun-20 - Racer, a compound rotorcraft demonstrator developed under the lead of Airbus in the framework of Europe Clean Sky 2 Joint Technology Initiative, will have an aerodynamic and sustainable rotor head developed by FURADO (Full Fairing Rotor Head Aerodynamic Design Optimisation) project #FURADOMore News ... | |
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