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1987

Boeing-Vertol V-360

First flown in 1987 the Model 360 is a privately developed advanced technology rotorcraft, designed to research the company's other rotorcraft programs. The helicopter features advanced aerodynamics and extensive use of composite materials including the fuselage, rotor shafts, blades and hubs. Powered by twin Avco-Lycoming AL5512 engines (4200shp) the Model 360 has a 370km/h cruise speed. The aircraft's advanced cockpit features cathode ray tube displays, multi-function callouts, digital automatic flight control system and other improvements to reduce pilot workload.

P.Allen "The Helicopter", 1996

Boeing-Vertol V-360

Boeing-Vertol V-360

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chris, e-mail, 08.04.2008reply

I'm involved in Marine corps and naval aviation as a whole and after many discussions with our tech rep I was very confused as to why the marine corps went with the v-22 rather than the 360. any information i could get would be appreciated. thank you

lol, 01.04.2008reply

shame

nikeyo, e-mail, 12.12.2007reply

where are the intakes?

Peter Schwartz, e-mail, 23.11.2007reply

I am looking for test flight data from this Boeing ship. Were the performance predictions confirmed all over the speed range? Are there power curves available for different weights? What about ceiling and range of this ship?
Thanks for establishing contact to reliable (confidential) information!

mark, e-mail, 14.11.2007reply

to whom it may concern:
I am looking for some information of the 360 such as flight characteristics, etc. I am part of the AHM in west chester, pa were the aircraft is now. I am going to try to program x-plane for the 360 off of the ch-47d model. please send me some info if you have any. Thank you!

Mark

Frank DeFelice, e-mail, 07.10.2007reply

I witnessed this aircraft take off for the first time in June of 1987 - it was the world's first all composite helicopter privately developed with internal R&D Funds. This was the piece de resistance of helicopters (and surpassed the Experimental 347 which was started in 1968) and led to this state of the art aircraft which is approx-imately the size of a CH-46 Sea Knight with a lightweight composite body employing Stealth technology (engines totally enclosed for reduced infra-red signature, quiet four blade hubs. This aircraft was Sea Knight sized but incorporated Chinook Dynamic Components and in essence was a Sea Knight with the lifting power of a Chinook. The all composite technology developedd by Boeing on this ship was the forerunner of the technology used to build the all composite V-22 Tilt Rotor, of which I was assigned to as the "Mock Up" Industrial Engineer. This was a very expensive helicopter to build from an internal

Frank DeFelice, e-mail, 07.10.2007reply

I witnessed this aircraft take off for the first time in June of 1987 - it was the world's first all composite helicopter privately developed with internal R&D Funds. This was the piece de resistance of helicopters (and surpassed the Experimental 347 which was started in 1968) and led to this state of the art aircraft which is approx-imately the size of a CH-46 Sea Knight with a lightweight composite body employing Stealth technology (engines totally enclosed for reduced infra-red signature, quiet four blade hubs. This aircraft was Sea Knight sized but incorporated Chinook Dynamic Components and in essence was a Sea Knight with the lifting power of a Chinook. The all composite technology developedd by Boeing on this ship was the forerunner of the technology used to build the all composite V-22 Tilt Rotor, of which I was assigned to as the "Mock Up" Industrial Engineer. This was a very expensive helicopter to build from an internal

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