[Blood of Tyrants]

The Osprey is a dangerous aircraft. It was in development for over 20 years because it was so dangerous. When it couldn’t meet the operational requirements, they simply lowered the requirements.

[Myrddin]

There was a question of how long that fancy double diaphragm drive that synchronizes the left/right rotors would last. My former boss was going to bid the stress analysis job. I'm not sure it was ever done as the parties interested in doing the analysis couldn't figure out how to couple the vibration signature into a sensor to monitor it. When (not if) that diaphragm fails from work hardening, the bird falls out of the sky.

[Spktyr]

And yet it STILL has killed less Marines per flight hour than the aircraft it replaces, the CH-46.

[Gaffer]

I believe so also. A digression...the B-2 has quaternary computer control of the aileron surfaces.....FOUR level backup! It cannot be flown without computer trim .....that should tell us something.....