Airbus Helicopters is rapidly opening the envelope of its Racer demonstrator, with the compound rotorcraft already having reached speeds slightly in excess of 165kt (305km/h) and performed a series of increasingly aggressive manoeuvres in the three test flights since its maiden sortie in late April.
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