Produced by Glenn Pew ( for AVweb.com. It’s at nearly gross weight before the pilot steps in and can only fly for 15 minutes, but that’s not the point. Sikorsky Innovations sees the Firefly as a testbed for the technologies that may make for a real electric helicopter … someday.
Originally published at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD8TfjDMYT0