Speedhawk Helicopter

Piasecki’s X-49 “SpeedHawk” is a four-bladed, twin-engined, experimental high-speed compound helicopter unlike any that you’ve seen before, as it utilizes the company’s proprietary vectored thrust ducted propeller (VTDP) design and includes the addition of lifting wings. The concept of the experimental program is to apply the VTDP technology to a production military helicopter to determine any benefit gained through increases in performance or useful load. Click here to view the first image in this week’s funny work pictures gallery. Continue reading for a viral video showing how Microsoft thinks we’ll watch football with HoloLens in the future.

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