It's not a terribly common phenomenon, but it's happened before, particularly in smaller helicopters that have two rotor blades, Brauchle said. That configuration is typical for sightseeing ...

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In a medical configuration, it can accommodate two stretchers, up to five medical personnel, and a full suite of life-support equipment. The AW139 is a high-performance helicopter with an overall ...

Video of the sightseeing helicopter careening into the Hudson River suggests a catastrophic failure of a rotor, experts said.

For the simulation and evaluation of rotorcraft, the group uses its own highly modular research code MAECOsim, which can be used to aeromechanically simulate classic helicopter configurations with ...

With a total of four different test rigs of different sizes, wind tunnel tests can be carried out with helicopter models, with isolated main and tail rotors, fuselages and overall configurations. The ...

Archer Aviation is one of several companies working to replace traditional airport commutes with flying taxi services. The ...

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Textron, parent company of rotorcraft manufacturer Bell, says the US Army wants to incorporate unmanned flight capability ...