SB-1 Defiant

SB-1 Defiant airplane model. The test flight took place on June 9 at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach Development Flight Test Center. Sikorsky test pilot Bill Fell and Boeing test pilot Ed Henderscheid pushed the SB-1 to 205 knots, the equivalent to 230 miles an hour. That’s faster than the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, the U.S. Army’s current medium assault transport helicopter, which has a never-exceed speed of 194 knots (223 miles an hour) and a cruise speed of 155 knots (178 miles an hour). The SB-1 Defiant is designed to carry four crew members and up to twelve passengers.

Scale 1/40. Rotorspan 14 inches, Length 13.75 inches.