
The two pilots tasked with flying the experimental Sikorsky [UTX] S-97 Raider through a yearlong flight test campaign recently offered more insight into how the coaxial rotorcraft operates.Chief Pilot Bill Fell and co-pilot Kevin Bredenbeck appeared in a short video posted online June 30 in which they answered questions from the public about the operation of the aircraft.The Raider has side-arm flight controls rather than a conventional helicopter’s center stick control and side-stick collective control. But its stick controls are in…