Love this aircraft and love how the technology is scalable. The Raider, the Defiant, and who knows where it could go.

@lukasnazare1693

2 жыл бұрын

The Leviathan next...😏

@gurugo666

2 жыл бұрын

Mi 6

@user-pq4by2rq9y

Жыл бұрын

Not really that scalable. Those fixed rotors create a lot of vibration. The raider can get away with it because it only has to deal with one engine. The defiant destroys its transmission and anything bigger would be a death trap. Who knows if Sikorsky can fix it but I wouldn’t make that bet.

@brianmoore1164

Жыл бұрын

@n I would be interested in a source for that information. Lockheed says that new material science and computing power have beaten the vibration. Fifty years ago, the Cheyenne had vibration problems, but material science and computing power have changed a bit since then.

@anonymoose1898

Ай бұрын

Where it could go? Same as usual... more dead people, more control for bankers, more money to Murder Inc.

In every engineer game I play where you can make a helicopter, I always make a compound coaxial, it’s just so cool to engineer. First I tried a tilt rotor like the V-22 Osprey but it was super unsafe and just not reliable, then my grandfather told me about the compound coaxial since I wanted something fast with VTOL and the ability to hover around a target like a helicopter. I can’t wait to see these replace regular helicopters because they are so much cooler and basically just do everything better.

@fred.flintstone4099

2 жыл бұрын

In what game is that?

@gurugo666

2 жыл бұрын

@@fred.flintstone4099 AUTOCAD duh

It looks formidable and high tech. Very cool!

What a great looking bird! I remember the ABC where it all started from.

Please, give us a glimpse of this puppy, from a maintainers standpoint.

Interesting. I have to say I would prefer hard switches for some key functions rather than simply integrating everything.

It would look so much cooler if it had the slender streamline shape like the AH-1Z Viper, or RAH-66 Comanche.

I think I want one of those.

@Beaheadoeverybody

2 жыл бұрын

Most of us do honestly this are awesome and modern not only that but they are also fast

Thank you for this walk around I’ve always wondered how big the aircraft is and it’s technical aspects so thanks again!!!

One of the most advanced helicopters in the world sporting cutting edge compound thrust technology and it’s got a discontinued Garmin GNS 430 in the panel.

@Praetore_

2 жыл бұрын

Probably a placeholder for what normally goes there to avoid leaking classified systems to public/etc I would assume.

Awesome!!!! Now this is the real Airwolf! I'll take one! I look forward to seeing more of your videos! You just earned a new subscriber! :)

A beautiful helicopter proudly made in Connecticut and Florida !!!

I like this and the bell design

180 knots, seems a little slow. I believe the Defiant-X is ~ 280 knots.

Couple of questions? The shell or body I'm guessing is aluminum?(What about Carbon Fiber?)(Blades as well) How's the Radar Cross Signature that it leaves behind on radar?(Any Radar absorbing material?) How does this fair in comparison with Anti Aircraft Artillery? How does this do in extreme weather flights? Has anyone ever done a stress test or a destructive test on 1 of these?(Just to see where the failure mode is at) What about against an EMP as well? What about the payload or missiles it can carry? Golden Retriever signing off...…

Bust in design, need to phase this idea 💡 into Blackhawk design.🤔🇬🇧👍🙏

Thanks you ,For the video!n Super....Nais !.

Thanks Vargs.

6 troops only?

0:34 yikes that gap between the rudder/aelieron and the fuselage,

It has a great design, it is like F35 of helicopters.

@Ppadira

2 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of bell 360 invictus

@TheEwanMC

2 жыл бұрын

The F-35 Urg, bleah! Quite the opposite, the Raider X is a fast hot rod, where as the F-35 tops out at Mach 1.6 which pretty pedestrian by any standard--admittedly much faster than a Harrier or A-10 I guess. Also, we used to talk about Supercruise capability as being a 6th gen capability, well I'm afraid you need to look elsewhere. I'd rather say the Raider X is the F-22 of helicopters but with the 1990 avionics and computers brought up to date.

@scratchy996

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ppadira The Bell 360 Invictus looks better, but I don't know how it can justify its existence, when there are drones that do the same thing. At least the Raider X can be used as a transport, as well as recon/attack helicopter.

@Ppadira

2 жыл бұрын

@@scratchy996 Well that doesn't mean drones can replace attack choppers anytime soon . May be in future when unmanned choppers wont be a just mere a paper drawing

@scratchy996

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ppadira Drones are already replacing attack helicopters.

That left handed cyclic and shared collective is the Devil's work.

It looks like something out of an action movie!

Sikorsky should have contacted the media company Bellisario over the rights for the name ‘Airwolf’……. Because how cool would that have been? Having a futuristic attack helicopter that actually is called Airwolf!!!

That passenger bay reminds me of the Hind-D. Adding fuel or additional counters against MANPADS seems a better choice...

those seats re cramped up..almost no room for accidental safety...! woow

Forget the F-22, I want one of these! Beautiful aircraft.

Thank you locate Martin

How does the pilot push in the circuit breaker for the MFD once it's been pulled?

Sikorsky has the S-97 Raider compete with the Bell+Textron 360 Invictus in the AAS / FARA (armed scout) program. Meanwhile, the Sikorsky+Boeing SB-1 Defiant competes with the Bell+Lockheed V280 Valor for the FVL (long-range lift) program. Given how the US defense industry works, it is likely that both companies get one contract each, to keep every factory running, everybody employed. So if you like both Sikorsky or both Bell designs, get ready for a disappointment. The Raider has troop capacity while the Invictus does not, but that gives the Invictus better stealth properties, just like the Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche had. Not sure why they abandoned that design. Just to push a common scout and transport design when they know it's not very likely they'll get both contracts? The V280 seems to be the more mature design, faster and longer range. But the SB-1 might offer better handling and safety, as it is not a tilt rotor. And it's smaller, closer to the Blackhawk size. This might really go both ways.

Now my country, Colombia, which is the 4th largest operator of Blackhawks in the world and has the largest military helicopter fleet in Southamerica by far, could start thinking on changing to this new platform. Our own attack version of the Blackhawk, the Arpia IV (Harpy) armed to the teeth with long range NLOS Spike missiles, is an awesome view to behold. They all look as if the Blackhawks were breeded with the Mantis to create the Arpia IV. Just imagine what we could do with a fleet of new Raider X. 🥰

@serdradion4010

2 жыл бұрын

It's better the attack heli , than attack version of medium transport heli like the Blackhawk. Those are: AH-1 Viper, AH-64 Apache, AW Leonardo T-129, Rooivalk, TAI T-129, Airbus Tiger...

@pixsilvb9638

2 жыл бұрын

@@serdradion4010 Yeah, but first, each cost triple than the Blackhawk (15 ~ 17 million); second, when we aproached the US to purchase the Apache (45 millions) they said NO. At the time (the start of the millenium) our transport helos were being shot during the landings and suffered heavy loses because we didn't have heavy close aerial protection, the landings were extremly difficult in the middle of dense high mountain jungles so the only clear spots to disembark the commandos were few and the commuist guerrillas were there waiting for them. We urgently needed a heavy gunned helo to cover our transports landings. We thought the Apache or even the Super Cobra were the answer but the US negative gave us no much choice so in a stroke of creativity we decided to transform the Blackhawk into a heavy armed gunship to protect our troops and thats what we did. The Arpia I project started almost 20 years ago and today we got the 4th iteration with the heavyly armed Arpia IV packing a huge array of Gatling machin guns, Spike NLOS anti-tank missiles with a range of 25 kilometers, and even the capability to launch the Delilah cruise missile manufactured by Israel Military Industries (IMI). This of course gave us a much greater capability and more options to move from irregular battle scenarios to use the Arpia in conventional warfare against armored vehicles and main battle tanks, and even in anti-ship rol.

@serdradion4010

2 жыл бұрын

@@pixsilvb9638 Leonardo T-129, ex Agusta-Westland costs around 30 mil $, the most economic one and no limits to sell. Russian MI-35, Chinese Z-10 are even more economic, but probably they don't fit.

@pixsilvb9638

2 жыл бұрын

@@serdradion4010 Nothing like the Blackhawk Bro. Is simply the best utilitarian helo in the world. Plus is battle tested and is super reliable. In Colombia proved its quality. You ask the colombian armed forces and they could not praise this helo more. We even got a bunch that have been downed twice. Mechanics repaired them and in matter of weeks they are back flying over the combat zones.

@robertt.7673

2 жыл бұрын

Why? Who Colombia plan to fight? Wouldn't you rather have 5 older helicopters than one of this Raider X. You can buy second handed helis from the US at cheap price and your country will be fine. A $100K stinger in a wrong hand can take down one of this and what do you have? Back to square one.

Need to get rid of the opposite side sticks. Pick a side for each to be on otherwise you’ll have a hard time switching pilots from seat to seat.

All built to protect you and America.....mKay

OMG the fact that we just brushed past the fact that it has side sticks and a shared collective in the middle is mind boggling. I get that they do that in airplanes but that’s gotta be difficult in helicopters no?

@Pantifo

10 ай бұрын

I worked on these helos and never heard bill or any of the other pilots complain about it. I always wondered myself, but I guess with a little training its not a problem.

Love

its a game changer

Okay so is this some sort of cross between a blackhawk and a littlebird? Because this isn't a large aircraft.

Long live America 🌏🦅🇺🇸🦁👌👈✌😍🥰😘💐👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Hard to know how well it's going to work. - It's easy to be gee-whiz over the tech innovations. - It's also easy to be crabby over them, and insist that - especially in combat - the old and proven way is the only way. (Its main competitor for the contract is a very traditional design.) But how much of an improvement over a traditional design will it be? How reliable will it be? These are questions we don't know the answers to yet.

@Mr.Thermistor7228

2 жыл бұрын

go see for yourself watch the test flight videos of this lmao wtf you people smoking this has passed alot of flight tests already and has done pretty damn well by all the accounts ive seen idk where some of you are getting this idea that it will never fly and be some paper weight lol wtf yall on

@Rampant16

2 жыл бұрын

Old and proven helicopters are falling out of the sky over Ukraine right now. Helicopters need to evolve if they want to be able to survive the increased lethality of the types of weapons a modern country can employ against them.

@Mr.Thermistor7228

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rampant16 exactly

@Baribrotzer

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rampant16 To use a Devil's Advocate argument: Quite a few of the helis "falling out of the sky over Ukraine" are Kamovs with coaxial rotors, which are hardly an old and proven design. Sure, Kamov's been making them that way for some sixty years. But they started doing so under the USSR - so it only would have taken the advocacy of one top general wowed by the Gee-Whiz Factor to get their ball rolling, then a well-connected factory manager could keep it rolling. And no one else builds them that way, which argues against any kind of superiority for the design.

You have the propeller at the back end of the helicopter. Why not install a small jet engine at the back to give it a bii more power.

what colors can we choose think i will go urban with parking lines and asphalt grey maybe paint fire hydrant on side and no parking on the top good job well done and all that big raises coming to the team

Looks good, but it seems to be very tight inside. No place. And no place for stretcher to carry wounded soldiers ?

@fentonpainter7907

2 жыл бұрын

It’s intended purpose is for attack and recon, not medivac.

@janostoth4315

2 жыл бұрын

@@fentonpainter7907 Yes, I understand this, but, there are seats for transporting soldiers. This means, this helicopter is also will be used to bring soldiers to somewhere to fight. If they bring soldiers somewhere, than later these soldiers will be picked up by the same helicopter. When the soldiers are leaving the helicopter or when they are coming back and want to enter, they could get shot. Just imagine, how bad it is, if one or more of the soldiers are wounded, they are climbing into the helicopter, but there is no place to lie somewhere.

@another3997

2 жыл бұрын

@@janostoth4315 There is no requirement for the helicopter to have extra seats, as it is purely an attack and reconnaissance vehicle. This is just the prototype, and I suspect the manufacturer just wanted to show there was plenty of spare space in the fuselage. Fitting a few seats is an easy way for them to do that. But in reality it would likely to be used for extra fuel tanks, munitions or electronic warfare equipment etc. Possibly inserting small SF teams in to hostile areas, but troop insertion and extraction isn't it's brief, and the Army has other vehicles for that.

@kenbred46

2 жыл бұрын

@@janostoth4315 These test aircraft are only 80% scale from a full sized normal acft. They are meant for systems testing not combat readiness.

Great Job Sikorsky aviators!

This is a remake of the Cheyenne, which was also an attack helicopter with a pusher prop, nut it was cancelled in favor of the Cobra which was a serious downgrade, so there is a lot of people who believe that there was some under the table shenanigans that caused the Cheyenne to be dropped. Nice to see the technology being reintroduced, as it really was a loss that Cheyenne wasn't chosen as America's attack Helicopter.

@zachhoefs9543

2 жыл бұрын

The Cheyenne also had the problem of being a single rotor helicopter with a pusher. Nothing to offset the torque of that single rotor seems like it'd be a problem.

@AurumFaber

Жыл бұрын

@@zachhoefs9543 the Cheyenne had a third rotor for offsetting the torque. It couldn't fly otherwise.

@zachhoefs9543

Жыл бұрын

@@AurumFaber I don't see one.

@AurumFaber

Жыл бұрын

@@zachhoefs9543 the helicopter in this video isn't the Cheyenne if that's what you mean. This one has two main rotors so that they cancel each other's torque by rotating in opposite directions. The AH-56A Cheyenne was the helicopter that was scrapped for suspicious reasons.

@user-pq4by2rq9y

Жыл бұрын

@@zachhoefs9543 the cheyenne had two tail rotors, one as a prop, much like the raider, and other to offset the torque and turn the aircraft, much like any traditional helicopter design. The cheyenne also had a built-in gyroscope for balance while that coaxial rotor does the same job for the raider. The cheyenne had a serious problem with vibration that seems to plague the defiant. Let's hope Sikorsky get at least the raider figured out.

Love the technology, hate the side-by-side seating. An attack helicopter/rotorcraft needs tandem seating. It's a smaller target to frontal enemy fire and it can go faster due to less flat-plate drag.

Has the military forgotten how hard it was to hit a Cobra AH1-G? It was so skinny you could not see it beyond 200 meters. Every chopper I see that is not skinny and claims to be an attack helicopter, I remember sitting front seat in a Cobra, watching hundreds of rounds wizz by me and nothing hit. The Cobra was less than half a meter wide.

@JohnFrumFromAmerica

2 жыл бұрын

There is no way a Cobra is less than half a meter wide but I get your point

@choprjock

2 жыл бұрын

On the AH-1G, the canopy width was 3'6", fuselage width was 3'.

@worldtravel101

2 жыл бұрын

Half a meter? No It was quite narrow though but still...

@bradjohnson4787

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt that size difference has to do with those misses. If you're talking about Vietnam, a lot of gun, missile, and fire control technology has come along.

@GEOsustainable

2 жыл бұрын

Auto correct got me. I meant to say a less than a meter. I see where they say 36', so I am correct, less than a meter.

Quanto consuma ? Il cannoncino si può montare ?

does it have youtube premium for musics?

Quite an old design so see come back in to the light, what makes it more applicable now ? It didn't pass the bar in 1967 so why now ? seems like it still has the same issues and only has the same advantages which aren't exactly sought after w

and of course expensive in maintenance, technology is expensive which mean it will only be buyed in limited numbers (foreign countries)

Isn’t the collective normally on the left hand side of the pilot? Any reason why Sikorsky reversed it in the Raider?

@1967250s

2 жыл бұрын

Helo pilots normally sit right seat, but guessing you know that. The copilot needs to learn to reverse hands, but, yeah, kinda odd that they could not just parallel the hand controls like most helps. Probably the engineers getting too cute and not thinking of actual combat necessity. I'd change it to normal joystick between the knees and collective on left and probably could shave off a foot at least in width.

Damn, solid state circuit breakers. Fancy haha

Am I missing something here? Co pilot must be left handed? Shared collective?

@kenbred46

2 жыл бұрын

going to be a LOT of cross training accidents

Neat idea, lets see if it fulfills the promises. Charles

Can anyone comment on whether it is difficult to fly a helicopter with the stick being controlled by the left hand? I am a fixed wing pilot who has never flown with a stick but am a bit uncomfortable using my left hand on a yoke. It is weird using the left hand stick?

@flyoptimum

2 жыл бұрын

I fly helicopters and that is a serious no for me. The collective works in the left hand because you can only move it up or down. The cyclic controls pitch and roll and requires much more sure touch. The shared collective between the pilots also irritates me.

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Dang with the whole tail setup and kamov like dual rotors I bet thats a dream to fly! What a cool setup. Clean unique engineering all the way! Ole Igor is smiling down from heaven alright.

So many simply new aircraft! Good!!

anyone else see this and get the airwolf theme in their head

Two pilots sharing one collective? Is that right? Flying from the left seat has got to be a confusing transition.

Left Seat LEFT HANDED CONTROLS! I love it!

You named it the Raider even though the N-21 is also called the Raider???

Not American, but won’t there be infighting between the Airforce and the Army over who gets to utilise this new helicopter?

Hey Einstein, Thanks for not giving us a complete view of the aircraft

I just want to know the safety gare..

Needs an ice chest lil table on the inside with a 20inch tv and way more leather to sell civilian market. Ill buy one!

The cyclic is on the left side for the left seat but on the right for the right seat?

QUE LUJO DE HELICOPTERO

Escape helicopter for super villian

Oh Yeah,,,,, How does it turn in hover mode???????

Looks like so much fun to fly.

Price ?

it's awesome!. I think being able to seat 8-10 soldiers would make it a lot more useful

@jedironin380

2 жыл бұрын

He did say this one was designed more as a recon/attack craft. Not really designed as a troop carrier, but it can carry 6 if-needed.

@mikeg2092

2 жыл бұрын

I think the thought process was the deployment or extraction of small reconnaissance squads. Or being able to quickly pick up a down helicopter crew. The SB-1 Defiant has the troop carrying capacity at least on par with a Blackhawk

@fromthefire4176

2 жыл бұрын

This is meant to replace the Kiowa scout helicopter, not a transport.

@ameritoast5174

2 жыл бұрын

You are thinking of the Defiant X which is a version of this that would replace the blackawk helicopter. This is meant for recon mission with attack capability. I do admit that the 6 seats for quick pickup and deploying is a big benefit of this design. Have a recon heli there and need a quick extraction, you dont need to call in a blackhawk or little bird and can use this to get them out of there.

With minimum ground clearance on the pusher prop it seems like real-world combat ops are not practical for this aircraft.

Can anyone tell me how this chopper can be transported in C-17?

this guy's makin big bucks

Want one... Is it good for fishing trips?

But if a circuit breaker or two trip, and the screens are down, are there parachutes?

@kerbalairforce8802

2 жыл бұрын

Everything is redundant in modern aircraft.

Wonder how this compares with the Osprey.

Wonder how much power it pulls at OGE hover in higher density alt.

@gurugo666

2 жыл бұрын

bout 3.50 said Mr. Lochness Monster, Lockheed Martin Design Engineer. probably pretty good, also no LTE potential at high DA either.

I'm thinking of a bigger raider-X type platform designed around a Gau-8 Avenger with an abundance of external hard-points.

@Cplblue

2 жыл бұрын

GAU-8 is massive and heavy. That would be a huge waste of time and resources

@zeuso.1947

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cplblue Yeah, just too big. There are 20mm versions that might be better.

As a former Blackhawk crew chief, I approve!!

It's like kamov rotor.. contra rotators rotor.. 🤔

S97, is it name of speaker or heli?

probably wont see this in my lifetime going into actual missions for the army

@astatine5781

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully you will, and hopefully I’ll be making these things in real life too.

SUPER COOL

If you don't show it flying, does it actually fly?

@ZeroGRacer

2 жыл бұрын

There are videos on You Tube showing the Raider in Full & Fast Flight

Nice !

Indonesia harus ditawari ini paling canggih dan kecepatan 280 km perjam

Thanks for telling where the vulnerable area are located…Six passengers? So what?

Cool 9ver 200

@hadleymanmusic

2 жыл бұрын

I like that machined mast too.

Where's vargo ?

Cheyanne! Rules!

Will this be commercially available?

beautiful.

There is hand brake?🤔

What happens if one of those flat screens breaks?

@JohnFrumFromAmerica

2 жыл бұрын

There is probably redundancy with the other screens

Do you remember the B-1B Lancer Bomber we lost over the Eastern part of the United States on a training flight in which they had an engine fire. Why could they not put out the fire, and had to leave the aircraft? Some things in aircraft design is there for safety, and manual circuit breakers is one of them. Give the aircrew full and unadulterated control of all of their circuit breakers. This reminds me of the electronic screen throttle controls on USN Destroyers and Cruisers. Do NOT do STUPID THINGS!

@bryanrussell6679

2 жыл бұрын

So in another words, don't innovate. Keep building them just like they were designed in the '50s.

@benjaminleguennic7349

2 жыл бұрын

@@bryanrussell6679 I ain't no pilot nor engineer but that seems like removing essential safety features to me indeed, waiting to see what are the pilots thoughts on such a choice

@bryanrussell6679

2 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminleguennic7349 Well they actually aren't removing those features. Some are being handled by the flight control computer, and other features are still available thru the changeable screens of a glass cockpit. As with anything new, bugs will need to be worked out. But a glass cockpit isn't really new anymore. Can a new airplane still crash? Sure. But is air travel safer now, or has it gotten worse?

@christopherpeninger324

2 жыл бұрын

I'm an electrical Designer and there's a lot of redundant safety features that perform better and faster than manual circuit breakers like overload and short protection. Works faster than humanly possible. You still have control over power distribution, the integration is just a way of managing control. That said, it's only as good as the guy who programs the PLC.

@bryanrussell6679

2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherpeninger324 Well said.

He mentions how comfortable the seats are but they don't look like they have much adjustments. I was expecting more from a multi million dollar aircraft.

@Rampant16

2 жыл бұрын

Blackhawk seats are some canvas stretch over a metal frame. So it doesn't take much to be a substantial upgrades over those.

One word - awesome!