Sikorsky Firely: An Electric Helicopter

Editorial Staff

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 12:00 AM ET

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Sikorsky Innovations has developed the Firefly, a prototype electric helicopter.
The Firefly functions as a testbed for developing technologies essential for future practical electric helicopters.
Currently, the Firefly has significant limitations, including a short 15-minute flight duration and operating near its gross weight before a pilot boards.

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It’s at nearly gross weight before the pilot steps in and can only fly for 15 minutes, but that’s not the point. Sikorsky Innovations sees the Firefly as a testbed for the technologies that may make for a real electric helicopter … someday.

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