A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT WITH AT LEAST TWO ROTORS AND A PROPULSION UNIT

The present invention relates to a rotary wing aircraft 100 that extends along a roll axis R between a nose region 101 and an aft region 102, comprising: at least one first single-blade rotor 120 and at least one second single-blade rotor 130 which are spaced apart from each other along the roll axis; at least one first electric machine and at least one second electric machine which are at least configured to drive in motor mode the at least one first single-blade rotor 120 and the at least one second single-blade rotor 130 for generating lift in hover condition of the rotary wing aircraft; at least one propulsion device 140 that is at least configured to generate forward thrust in forward flight condition of the rotary wing aircraft; and a fixed-wing arrangement 150 that is at least configured to provide lift in the forward flight condition.