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WASHINGTON \u2014 Sikorsky\u2019s S-97 Raider experimental helicopter sustained \u201csubstantial damage\u201d from a hard landing during a flight test at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center in West Palm, Beach, Florida, in early August, according to a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report issued Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the hard landing isn\u2019t stopping Sikorsky from driving its work on the experimental aircraft forward, according to Chris Van Buiten, the company\u2019s vice president of technology and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Raider will fly again in 2018, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, based on preliminary findings, the cause of the hard landing had nothing to do with Sikorsky\u2019s primary X2 coaxial technology used both in the Raider aircraft and its SB-1 Defiant demonstrator it\u2019s building for the Army\u2019s Joint Multi-Role demonstration, which will help define requirements for a Future Vertical Lift aircraft expected to begin flying in the 2030s, Van Buiten stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[S-97 Raider makes hard landing during flight test<\/a><\/i>]
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\u201cThe neighborhood of the root cause is the complex interaction between the ground, the landing gear, the flight control system and the associated pilot interactions,\u201d he told a few reporters in a phone interview. \u201cIf you are familiar with the rotorcraft industry, this is a well-documented complex set of interaction as airplanes transition from operations on the ground to operations in flight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hard landing occurred when the helicopter was in a hover over a landing zone.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The program manager for the U.S. Army’s Joint-Multi Role\/Future Vertical Lift effort offers an update on one of the most anticipated programs for the service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

The analysis of the hard landing show the transition \u201cdidn\u2019t go exactly as it should,\u201d Van Buiten said, \u201cand we are making some changes to the flight control system software to accommodate that and assure that it never happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sikorsky is assessing whether the changes to the flight control system should also be applied to the Defiant program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Defiant\u2019s delay due to blade manufacturing challenges<\/a><\/i>]
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The accident did show the safety and protection features in the aircraft are up to snuff such as the retractable landing gear, crash-worthy seats and crash-worthy fuel system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The landing gear sustained \u201csignificant damage,\u201d Van Buiten said, \u201cbut the pilots put the aircraft down level on the runway,\u201d the crew shut off the engines and the electrical systems, opened the egress doors, hopped out of the helicopters and walked away from the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the report notes both pilots received \u201cminor injuries,\u201d Sikorsky said in a statement Monday that the two pilots \u201csuffered minor discomfort, which did not require follow-up medical treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sikorsky is still looking into whether the Raider prototype can be salvaged and if it will fly again. In the meantime, Van Buiten said the company is accelerating bringing its second prototype into play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second aircraft is \u201cmostly built,\u201d but was put on hold so Sikorsky could incorporate lessons learned from the first prototype, which had flown 20 hours and performed over 100 hours of ground runs before its crash, according to Van Buiten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second prototype will pick up where the first aircraft left off and continue to expand the envelope particularly in pushing its speed potentially over 220 knots, Van Buiten said. Additionally, the company will demonstrate some of the maneuvers \u201cthat are uniquely possible with the X2 technology,\u201d he added, such as \u201cthe ability to hover nose down, nose up and rapid deceleration and accelerations from the landing zone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sikorsky has also been maturing a weapons suite for Raider in its system integration lab and intends to incorporate those on the second aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat all happens next year,\u201d Van Buiten said. \u201cWe will provide more detail as it evolves as to when some of those exact milestones are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A much more comprehensive report from the safety board is still to come and is subject to change, according to the board and Sikorsky. The timing of the release of that report is unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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