MOST helicopters cannot fly faster than around 270kph (168mph). That is partly because of increasing vibration, but mainly because the spinning rotor blades provide both lift and propulsion. As the ...
The Bugatti Veyron has taught us that quad-turbo engines are for people with too much money, like Floyd Mayweather and Flo Rida. Once the engine reaches a certain size, you need more turbos to pump ...
THE race to build the fastest helicopter is hotting up. In a recent test flight in France the experimental Eurocopter X 3 (pronounced “X cubed”) clocked up an airspeed of 430kph (267mph). This puts it ...
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