Safran engines for Airbus Helicopters « Racer »

Airbus Helicopters selected the new Aneto engines manufactured by Safran for installation on the high-speed twin-engine demonstrator Racer (Rapid and Cost-Effective Rotorcraft - the fast and economical helicopter), reports the French engine manufacturer . Two Aneto-1X power units are capable of increasing the cruising speed of the car to 400 km / h, which is approximately twice as high as in the current helicopters.

Aneto-1X has a capacity of 2500 liters. from. According to the manufacturer, it is 25% more efficient than engines of its class and can be used for cars involved in special works (search and rescue and offshore operations, fire fighting, etc.).

The Racer project, developed under the Clean Sky 2 program, was presented in June 2017 at the air show in Le Bourget. The car is planned to be assembled in 2019 and the next year to be sent for flight tests.

At work on Racer the experience received at realization of the program of the high-speed helicopter-demonstrator of technologies X3 which tests were spent in 2010-2014 is applied .

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