Remember the groundbreaking X3 demonstrator by Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopter)? We do know the status of this unofficial world’s fastest helicopter, but one thing for sure is, the concept lives on… as a radio control scale model and we have Alterbaum Premium Helicopter to thank.
for all intents and purposes, helicopters are never designed for speed, but for hovering which allows them to perform what traditional fixed wing crafts can’t and go to places where other crafts can’t. as such they have been doing pretty damn well in areas such as transportation of crews to and from oil rigs and
we probably won’t get there and so, we will never understand why should one pimp up their personal chopper like we did to our down-to-earth four-wheelers. if you happen to spend more time being zipping through the sky more than rolling on solid ground, then we suppose it’s only a logical progression that you might
remember the Eurocopter X3 Hybrid that we featured here last December. well, between then and now, it has reached another milestone. a test…
a year on after the debut of the EC145 ‘Mercedes-Benz Style’ concept at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition…
it takes a while to get use to the sight of the Eurocopter X3 airplane/helicopter hybrid. anyway…