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		echelon on Feb 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sikorsky X-Wing (2013) I'm not familiar with aviation, so I have no idea what I'm talking about, but that rotor looks to me a lot like the "stealth" helicopter remains from the Abbottabad / bin Laden crash: https://www.wired.com/2011/05/aviation-geeks-scramble-to-i-d... Much different than this design: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk

AdrianB1 on Feb 10, 2022 [–]

The first picture shows the tail blade, not the main blade.

jcun4128 on Feb 10, 2022 | [–]

Still interesting I would think of the Comanche with the ducted tail rotor.

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