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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70447

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: YSH-60F
Effectivity:: 0002
Lot Number:: 01
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: active
Last Updated:: 2024-05-25

* The model displayed above will either be the aircraft's birth or earliest modified model. To see the aircrafts modification history see the below Aircraft Historical Events.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 1

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
June 1987	163283	YSH-60F		U.S. Navy
In June 1987 the Aircraft was accepted into the Navy Inventory. This Aircraft serves as a 'prototype' on test duties at Patuxent River, Maryland. To be fitted with vectored thrust ducted propeller ('ring tail') by Piasecki Aircraft Corporation for trials project at Patuxent River during 2003-04 as part of advanced technology demonstration program.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

June 1987

163283

YSH-60F

U.S. Navy

In June 1987 the Aircraft was accepted into the Navy Inventory.

This Aircraft serves as a 'prototype' on test duties at Patuxent River, Maryland. To be fitted with vectored thrust ducted propeller ('ring tail') by Piasecki Aircraft Corporation for trials project at Patuxent River during 2003-04 as part of advanced technology demonstration program.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
May 2003	N40VT	X-49A		Piasecki Aircraft
In May 2003, the YSH-60F/VTDP demonstrator was redesignated as the Piasecki X-49A "SpeedHawk". On 29 June 2007 the X-49A made its first flight for 15 minutes at Boeing’s New Castle County Flight Test Center. The flight included hovering, pedal turns, and a slow forward and sideways flight using the VTDP for anti-torque, directional and trim control. In all the X-49A accumulated 86 flight hours in 79 flights during the initial flight testing. All testing was restricted to the standard Seahawk’s flight manual limitation of 180 kt (335 km/h), but the X-49A demonstrated up to a 42% increased speed at equivalent power, and as much as 50% reduction in vibration and fatigue loads. The X-49A project has been relatively silent since completing its initial testing phase in 2008. Video of x-49A Flight Test

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

May 2003

N40VT

X-49A

Piasecki Aircraft

In May 2003, the YSH-60F/VTDP demonstrator was redesignated as the Piasecki X-49A "SpeedHawk".

On 29 June 2007 the X-49A made its first flight for 15 minutes at Boeing’s New Castle County Flight Test Center. The flight included hovering, pedal turns, and a slow forward and sideways flight using the VTDP for anti-torque, directional and trim control. In all the X-49A accumulated 86 flight hours in 79 flights during the initial flight testing. All testing was restricted to the standard Seahawk’s flight manual limitation of 180 kt (335 km/h), but the X-49A demonstrated up to a 42% increased speed at equivalent power, and as much as 50% reduction in vibration and fatigue loads. The X-49A project has been relatively silent since completing its initial testing phase in 2008.

Video of x-49A Flight Test