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.
Racer achieved a speed of 165 knots (305 km/h) in its second test flight.
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.
Racer achieved a speed of 165 knots (305 km/h) in its second test flight.
Racer News |
Airbus Racer Speeds Past 400 km/h
23-Jul-24 - Airbus Racer, the high-speed helicopter demonstrator developed for European Research Clean Sky 2 project, has reached its fast cruise speed target of 407 km/h ~ 220 kts #Racer
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 #ecology
Safran 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 #Hybrid
Racer Demonstrator Takes Shape
14-Apr-21 - Airbus high-speed demonstrator Racer assembly has begun in Donauwörth, Germany with the arrival of the centre fuselage. #future
SMART-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 #Racer| More News ... |  |
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