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Airbus begins installing engine-idle Eco Mode on Racer helicopter demonstrator

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Airbus Helicopters has begun installing Eco Mode on its Racer compound helicopter demonstrator. The system is designed to let one of the aircraft’s two engines run at idle during cruise flight, a capability the company is evaluating on the technology demonstrator.

Discovered 2026-10-19T05:49:03.975267-07:00 | 2026-10-19T05:49:03.975267-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The installation moves Eco Mode from concept toward flight testing on Racer, Airbus Helicopters’ compound-helicopter demonstrator.
  • The system is designed to idle one of two engines during cruise, making engine-management capability a focus of the demonstrator’s development.

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