Sikorsky Firely: An Electric Helicopter

Editorial Staff

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

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Sikorsky Innovations has developed an electric helicopter called the "Firefly."
The Firefly is designed as a testbed to develop technologies for future, more advanced electric helicopters.
Despite current limitations such as being near gross weight before a pilot boards and having only a 15-minute flight time, its purpose is research and development, not immediate practical application.

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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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