Strap in and take flight with Chief Test Pilot Bill Fell in the S-97 RAIDER, our flying testbed for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.
Love the look of this bird! All the promises of the Cheyenne have come true. Material science and computing power have caught up to the dreams of yesterday and made them reality.
Definitely has some of those early elements of a revolutionary design of the time. We definitely had some amazing ideas in the 60s that were so far ahead of our capability to make them or to realize what they could fully do.
@@janusprime5693 It depends what kind of drone you are referring to? If it is a VTOL drone, anything in a range from the MQ-8 Fire Scout to a Mavic quadcopter, having a manned platform brings more flexibility (until AGI takes over anyway). If you are talking about fixed-wing drones, something like the S-97 can hover and also hug the ground at very low levels in high speed flight. Those two capabilities make the S-97 harder to engage and destroy, both from the air and ground.
@@torkilsd The S-97 in it's present size and configuration could only be a specialized assualt transport, maybe accomodating a fire team of roughly 4 soldiers. A UH-60 can accomodate well over a squad (9-12 soldiers), with room for 2 additional crewmen to man the door machine guns. So at best it could be a kind of hybrid attack/assault helicopter, like the Mi-24.
I was a helicopter mechanic in the mid 90s on the SH 60 bravos made by Sikorsky, never in 1 million years would I have thought technology would have come this far. Absolutely amazing.
A great Sikorsky designed new technology,, long before Lockheed was involved at Sikorsky,,, it actually had its genesis as a concept design as far back as late 70’s,,, the people of Sikorsky in CT don’t have much more to prove to the US armed services and coast guards world wide, now over 50 years of Sikorsky technology we have saved lives, abroad in battle fields and civil aviation Search and Rescue operations,, the US payers deserve this legacy for the future !!
That is an amazing aircraft. I see lots of potential. It would work perfect for Life Flight Medical services around the country. How about the Coast Guard? Much quicker response times and making more of a victims "Golden Hour" longer. Still I love it. As a retired Fire Chief and practicing with Coast Guard in my area on the coast with Lakes as well, the S-97 should be possibly considered as the program continues. Be safe everyone. 😊
It's great to see the legendary Sikorsky's legacy continue on. He was unironically one of the best aircraft designers of the Russian Empire, yet left after the revolution and made his name after he moved to America.
So is the S-97 going to be the next standard for military helicopters? Her maneuvers look smooth and graceful and she is amazingly still when hovering.
The upcoming Blackhawk replacement will likely be Bell's V280 tiltrotor unless the program gets cancelled, though Boeing-Sikorsky have an up-scaled version of this called the SB-1 Defiant that's also been competing. The S97 raider here was originally developed as a replacement for the now retired Kiowa scout helicopter, but that's likely not going to happen with the cost-effectiveness, low maintenance, and virtually disposable nature of drones like the Shadow and Predator. I think only two prototypes have flown, both on the industry's dime While the army probably isn't likely to adopt a new scout helicopter for the reasons above, the Raider would likely excel in SOF applications as an MH/AH-6 replacement, provided there's any way to make enough room in the back for 4-6 guys. Given the low-noise emissions this coaxial system advertises and the high airspeeds / combat radius the pusher-prop allows, I'd be really surprised if Sikorsky wasn't already going this route.
I hope this is one chosen to replace current platforms. It really is a work of art. Only question will be; because you know congress and the forces working to dismantle America will focus on the price. How much does one cost? How much to maintain etc?
You have to admit post 9/11, the forever wars are the gift that keeps on giving if you're the defence industry. Countries ( rich in natural resources) who oppose/defy Western imperial ambitions its the nightmare that never ends.
From the mock ups it has a 20 or 30 mm chain-gun on the nose. It has 2 internal weapon bays in the fuselage that each have 1 hardpoint for things like rockets or missiles. If it only keeps the 2 hard points and not the ones on the wings it would have half the munitions the Apache can carry. It can also remove those internal weapons and put 6 seats for troops in it.
They probably have thought about the weapons platform and it would make sense to have it internal to help with drag. It could be both depending on what can be loaded. Still a very cool aircraft. Thank you to those who have served in the military and our first responders. Be safe everyone.
I love the look and performance of this technology at the size of the S-97. But when you scale it up to the SB>1 it looks wrong. Anybody else think so?
I gotta agree with you on that one. I like tilt rotors in general but the Defiant looks clunky. Although looks don't really matter in a military aircraft XD.
The contest between Valor & Defiant was for future helicopter. Defiant is helicopter. Valor is plane with vtol capabilities. Defiant can replace Apache. I can't see Valor replacing Apache.
Tbh this looks to have about the same maneuverability as the russian ka-52 as that also contains contra rotating props, however the sikorsky chopper looks a hell of a lot faster
You are going to need a Half round guard or a quarter round guard below the rear forward trust propeller when landing in rough terrain because the rear propeller is too low and can hit terrain easily say a tree log or a metal fence bar and can easily be damaged since it is so low to the ground. Although the trust rotor is not turning during landing it can still hit something and gets damage causing major vibrations causing the tail to break off in flight!! May have to redsign rear trust rotor fuselage and raise it up higher as far as it can go.! Were as in present helicopters the tail rotor is much higher up and has no such issues.
go do your homework and don't go into military topics if you don't understand! maneuverability he want... most important thing in aircraft is electronic warfare, not mAnEuvErAbiLity
If you're trying not to get hit by missiles, maneuverability is almost the least useful aspect your vehicle has. No matter how maneuverable your vehicle is, a tiny missile is going to be significantly more maneuverable. It's going to pull more g's than you can because there aren't any squishy humans inside to die when it pulls too many g's
You cannot out G a missle, but you can jam it, do ECM, etc, as @ай, как сложно said. Defeating a missle is much more complex than turning, the main reason aircraft turn so much when they're being chased by a missle is to run the missle out of energy, get it turning and moving around so it will bleed speed. The Grim Reapers did a great vid on it - czcams.com/video/SUmJmKvjxCg/video.html That should put you at the correct part in the vid.
Scout Helicopter pilots can fly low enough to lean out the side of the helicopter and use trackers tricks to see if people have been through an area. Broken foliage, foot prints, campsites, etc. Now they can just lean the helicopter forward lol!
My perspective, focusing on the coaxial engineering alone would have made the prototype more appealing. As put forward with so many design & engineering features it’s like an Army version of a Gerald Ford carrier. Too much innovation all at once. Also personal aesthetic appeal is more for symmetric parallel main rotors vice the stacked coaxial arrangement.
As a guy who wrenched on blackhawks in the 80's, this bird looks mighty impressive!
Just came here to saw "they got pwned by the v280."
@@millanferende6723 ... you are getting the programs confused my little fool.
I would definitely buy one but I don't have enough space to park yeah I am gonna pass
You can always put it on the roof 🤕
Human imagination are limitless
$15million each projected price tag.
Parking space isn't the problem 😁
Love the look of this bird! All the promises of the Cheyenne have come true. Material science and computing power have caught up to the dreams of yesterday and made them reality.
Old helicopter programs never die, the technology just shows up in a future design.
Well yes and no. The Cheyenne had the pusher prop, but not Sikorsky's ABC technology. But in principle I agree.
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Definitely has some of those early elements of a revolutionary design of the time. We definitely had some amazing ideas in the 60s that were so far ahead of our capability to make them or to realize what they could fully do.
Something like the S-97 should already be in US Army service as an advanced scout helicopter right now.
it's almost like that's the program that it is competing for
But why? What can it do that a drone cannot do for cheaper and more cost effective?
@@janusprime5693 It depends what kind of drone you are referring to? If it is a VTOL drone, anything in a range from the MQ-8 Fire Scout to a Mavic quadcopter, having a manned platform brings more flexibility (until AGI takes over anyway). If you are talking about fixed-wing drones, something like the S-97 can hover and also hug the ground at very low levels in high speed flight. Those two capabilities make the S-97 harder to engage and destroy, both from the air and ground.
Isnt the S97 more in the role of the current UH-60? The scout helicopter role is more fullfilled within the FARA project.
@@torkilsd The S-97 in it's present size and configuration could only be a specialized assualt transport, maybe accomodating a fire team of roughly 4 soldiers. A UH-60 can accomodate well over a squad (9-12 soldiers), with room for 2 additional crewmen to man the door machine guns. So at best it could be a kind of hybrid attack/assault helicopter, like the Mi-24.
I was a helicopter mechanic in the mid 90s on the SH 60 bravos made by Sikorsky, never in 1 million years would I have thought technology would have come this far. Absolutely amazing.
I've enjoyed watching the development of this new platform. 🇺🇸💪
I love seeing seriously smart people's work, I mean what an end product.
Nice, I live 10 min away from that test site.
Finally, the best of both worlds, lockheed back at it again making brand new inventions.
Awesome! Cool to have the pilots talk about too, makes it seem more involved.
Super Fast helicopter!!! S-97 will be a good solution for emergency evacuation and medical transportation
It will be nice if we have Sikorsky S97 raider for the civilian market.
Amazing speed and sound
That thing sounds great! 🤙🏻
Awesome looking aircraft!
Esa es una verdadera bestia. No podía espera menos ingeniería y tecnología de Lockheed ❤
Amazing helicopter!
❤The Dominator:
The Swiss Knife of Double Rotor Prop Technologies like no other!
Just put some sort of turbojet engine and u guys would fulfill my childhood's AIRWOLF dream shout out to the mid 80's --- early 90's generation here !
Really nice!!!!!!!!!!
I am from Venezuela and I have always followed you
Honestly like this one alot more and hope to back seat one some day
good helicopter nice work for sikorsky team and lockheed martin team.
This is a beautiful chopper!
But deadliest
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My jaw was on the floor this whole video!! Magnificent proportions!!
A great Sikorsky designed new technology,, long before Lockheed was involved at Sikorsky,,, it actually had its genesis as a concept design as far back as late 70’s,,, the people of Sikorsky in CT don’t have much more to prove to the US armed services and coast guards world wide, now over 50 years of Sikorsky technology we have saved lives, abroad in battle fields and civil aviation Search and Rescue operations,, the US payers deserve this legacy for the future !!
Awesome great design
Increíble, que máquina 😮
That is an amazing aircraft. I see lots of potential. It would work perfect for Life Flight Medical services around the country. How about the Coast Guard? Much quicker response times and making more of a victims "Golden Hour" longer.
Still I love it. As a retired Fire Chief and practicing with Coast Guard in my area on the coast with Lakes as well, the S-97 should be possibly considered as the program continues.
Be safe everyone. 😊
Impressive 👍
It's great to see the legendary Sikorsky's legacy continue on. He was unironically one of the best aircraft designers of the Russian Empire, yet left after the revolution and made his name after he moved to America.
Looks like the next evolution of the Cheyenne.
sick!
It has this awesome sound, a squadron would sound like a swarm of angry giant hornets and bring fear like the A10, simply awesome
So is the S-97 going to be the next standard for military helicopters? Her maneuvers look smooth and graceful and she is amazingly still when hovering.
I think the plan is the to replace the Blackhawk and possibly the chinook.
The upcoming Blackhawk replacement will likely be Bell's V280 tiltrotor unless the program gets cancelled, though Boeing-Sikorsky have an up-scaled version of this called the SB-1 Defiant that's also been competing.
The S97 raider here was originally developed as a replacement for the now retired Kiowa scout helicopter, but that's likely not going to happen with the cost-effectiveness, low maintenance, and virtually disposable nature of drones like the Shadow and Predator. I think only two prototypes have flown, both on the industry's dime
While the army probably isn't likely to adopt a new scout helicopter for the reasons above, the Raider would likely excel in SOF applications as an MH/AH-6 replacement, provided there's any way to make enough room in the back for 4-6 guys. Given the low-noise emissions this coaxial system advertises and the high airspeeds / combat radius the pusher-prop allows, I'd be really surprised if Sikorsky wasn't already going this route.
Beautiful. I hope the SB-1 Defiant doesn't get mothballed.
Los sigo, seriamente y y se del S97 super machine, se pasaron de poderosas
Yea, Now we have a real AirWolf !
That thing looks dead scary.
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I would love to see this in a attack helicopter configuration.
I hope this is one chosen to replace current platforms. It really is a work of art.
Only question will be; because you know congress and the forces working to dismantle America will focus on the price.
How much does one cost? How much to maintain etc?
🇺🇸👍🇺🇸 Excellent aircraft!
Bad ass!
Would make a great replacement/upgrade to the AH/MH-6 Little Bird mission!!!
Man, I’ve loved the Little Birds ever since I first watched the movie Outbreak as a kid, they look so fun, lol 🤙🏻
Beautiful bird.
The Bell prototype is too though
I can imagine it in an ambulance/emergency version as well.
Cyberpunk trauma team
nice ...
You have to admit post 9/11, the forever wars are the gift that keeps on giving if you're the defence industry. Countries ( rich in natural resources) who oppose/defy Western imperial ambitions its the nightmare that never ends.
This better than osprey..and this will be the next apache
Osprey is one of the safest rotorcraft the military flies.
It's the best! Great design guys! What happens if you duct the rear prop or make it toroidal?
I’m still rooting for you guys to get a government contract!
We badly need some of these here in Finland! What's attacking capabilities of these? Just awesome!
From the mock ups it has a 20 or 30 mm chain-gun on the nose. It has 2 internal weapon bays in the fuselage that each have 1 hardpoint for things like rockets or missiles. If it only keeps the 2 hard points and not the ones on the wings it would have half the munitions the Apache can carry. It can also remove those internal weapons and put 6 seats for troops in it.
Best tech for Mars, best tech for Earth.
Looks like a great aircraft. I wonder how the weapons system will mount for attack configurations.
I'd imagine internally to maintain low observability
They probably have thought about the weapons platform and it would make sense to have it internal to help with drag. It could be both depending on what can be loaded. Still a very cool aircraft.
Thank you to those who have served in the military and our first responders. Be safe everyone.
NSDQ love to have this.
Looks like a much safer and better design than the Valor.
I like how they accidentally put the tail on upside-down and just went with it 🤪
Woah
That's something
I love the look and performance of this technology at the size of the S-97. But when you scale it up to the SB>1 it looks wrong. Anybody else think so?
I gotta agree with you on that one. I like tilt rotors in general but the Defiant looks clunky. Although looks don't really matter in a military aircraft XD.
특수부대 기동전에서는 좋을거 같은데
과연 어떻게 어디에서 활용할지 궁금하네
its cool but whats it for exactly? if its just for developing technology thats fine, but i really dont see what application this has with military?
Although v280 won the battle but this is one hell of a beast machine
You may have the Defiant X (FLRAA) program mixed with the Raider X (FARA program).Both leverage the same platform, but this one is MUCH smaller!
Yeah they both won. The valor is going to be replacing the blackhawks, but we are still getting raider scouts.
The contest between Valor & Defiant was for future helicopter.
Defiant is helicopter.
Valor is plane with vtol capabilities.
Defiant can replace Apache.
I can't see Valor replacing Apache.
у Сикорского красивые и очень эффективные машины получаются!
Pretty sure I just saw one flying over manyunk in Philadelphia a few minutes ago
Let's be honest, just about any aircraft would look amazing with all the editing and cuts made in this video.
super advanced helicopter.... microphones from radioshack
Es lobo del aire moderno (AIRWOLF) 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 😎
When do pre-orders start?
Tbh this looks to have about the same maneuverability as the russian ka-52 as that also contains contra rotating props, however the sikorsky chopper looks a hell of a lot faster
Damn, when can I buy this?
Looks cool. Is it going to be an attack helicopter?
Simplemente es Loked Martín
If you add some wings to it, it'd make it perfect
I think i saw this in novel 'The Gun Seller' by hugh laurie.
So why the Bell V-280 beat the Defiant-X?
Wondering the same. This looks more practical than it.
Performance numbers. The Valor could not meet the requirement goals in the requested time.
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the cheyenne is back
“We never forget who we’re working for” ;)
Well done Lockheed!
Looks coole. When can we buy it, and does it comes in Blue and Yellow ;-)😉
I'd like one thanks
holy shit
Looks like a good chopper.
Not the look, but the way this helicopter maneuvers and sounds like the combine helicopter from Half-Life 2.
It looks it has very low heat signature.
All I hear is the AirWolf theme music fading in.........
You are going to need a Half round guard or a quarter round guard below the rear forward trust propeller when landing in rough terrain because the rear propeller is too low and can hit terrain easily say a tree log or a metal fence bar and can easily be damaged since it is so low to the ground. Although the trust rotor is not turning during landing it can still hit something and gets damage causing major vibrations causing the tail to break off in flight!! May have to redsign rear trust rotor fuselage and raise it up higher as far as it can go.! Were as in present helicopters the tail rotor is much higher up and has no such issues.
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Future aircraft need agility, high maneuverability, and concealment, because anti-aircraft missiles have become smart, and their targets are not lost.
"The missile knows where it is"
go do your homework and don't go into military topics if you don't understand! maneuverability he want... most important thing in aircraft is electronic warfare, not mAnEuvErAbiLity
If you're trying not to get hit by missiles, maneuverability is almost the least useful aspect your vehicle has. No matter how maneuverable your vehicle is, a tiny missile is going to be significantly more maneuverable. It's going to pull more g's than you can because there aren't any squishy humans inside to die when it pulls too many g's
Bro think rl is Topgun 💀
You cannot out G a missle, but you can jam it, do ECM, etc, as @ай, как сложно said. Defeating a missle is much more complex than turning, the main reason aircraft turn so much when they're being chased by a missle is to run the missle out of energy, get it turning and moving around so it will bleed speed. The Grim Reapers did a great vid on it - czcams.com/video/SUmJmKvjxCg/video.html That should put you at the correct part in the vid.
Real life Airwolf
Brirds : don't challenge my power
I want one .. Please🫵
I would love to come work for you.
Scout Helicopter pilots can fly low enough to lean out the side of the helicopter and use trackers tricks to see if people have been through an area. Broken foliage, foot prints, campsites, etc.
Now they can just lean the helicopter forward lol!
can't beat supercopter !
this one getting grounded too?
My perspective, focusing on the coaxial engineering alone would have made the prototype more appealing. As put forward with so many design & engineering features it’s like an Army version of a Gerald Ford carrier. Too much innovation all at once.
Also personal aesthetic appeal is more for symmetric parallel main rotors vice the stacked coaxial arrangement.
I thought the Army already passed on this in favor of the bell design….or is Lockheed trying to sale to other countries or the civilian market?