An upd Airbus


An update on the Airbus RACER


If it’s speed you are seeking, look no further than the Airbus Rapid and Cost-Efficient Rotorcraft (RACER). By year end, it will complete its first flight demonstration. The helicopter’s release was pushed back due to the pandemic and supply chain issues, but its assembly, being completed in Marignane, is now well underway.


The helicopter was funded through a European government grant worth $227 million (200 million euros) called Clean Sky 2, which was a research initiative involving 13 European countries, 40 companies, and university partners. The lightweight and fast civilian aircraft can be leveraged for many missions:


• Search and rescue • •


Commercial transportation Public service


• Emergency medical support


It uses 15% less fuel per nautical mile at 180 knots. Assembly began in Germany with a metallic and composite airframe with the main structure being made from additive manufacturing. Safran has provided the eco-mode, hybrid-electric system that allows for one of the two Aneto engines to be switched to standby during cruise flights.


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