WT... Flying Saucer? AVIC Super(?) Great White Shark?

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
Are these saucer looking designs somehow more efficient that helicopters? I'm missing the point so far.
Supposedly yes. Right now the Major three US makers Sikorsky (Lockheed Martin), Boeing Vertol, and Bell Helicopters are all working on High speed rotor craft concepts with prototypes in testing S97 Raider, SB>1 Defiant and V280 Valor respectively. In Europe Airbus Helicopter has the Racer concept Leonardo bought the AW609 off Bell. This has left Russia and China dragging behind in fast rotor craft. Russia has concepts and China has shown some but nothing of a full scale mockup until this popped up.
It’s unusual and that’s what got my attention. It’s specs are questionable and layout is bizarre. But once I saw it I had to ask more about it even if all it ends up flying in is some propaganda sci-fi movie.
 
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