[Yo-Yo]

Juan Brown of the Blancolirio YouTube channel had an excellent explanation of the hard clutch engagement issue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDBXwWlU64M

I wonder if this is going to affect the Navy's decision to phase out C-2 Greyhounds for CMV-22B Ospreys to perform the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) mission.

Osprey hating in 3-2-1...

[Bob434]

Dang it! I was gonna fly my osprey to the east coast and watch the illegals landing onshore in Martha’s vineyard! (Or was it another ritzy place they are being shipped to?)

[BBQToadRibs2]

Those tilt-rotors have been touchy from the get-go.

[al_c]

Very good and thorough description. Thanks.

[Rappini]

Thats because Xi Jinping called them out on all their crashes and to make them look stupid, but they follow him, unbelievable.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for the Blacolirio video link. He does a good job explaining the Osprey drive train.

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Yeah, I’ll hate on it. Only because you can buy 20 Blackhawk helicopters for every V22. And you can buy 50 F16s for every F35 and so on. The F16 only ever needed weapons upgrades, I don’t mind spending money on the military, I just wish we got more bang for the buck.

[devane617]

I saw two flying just yesterday...

[Sequoyah101]

It is not so much Osprey hating as it is the aircraft is poorly suited for the job the COD fills and too expensive to operate. Politicians for money, suppliers for money, brass for jobs and money and others for some shiny new toy get wrong headed. The Greyhound may be old but that does not mean it needs to be phased out. New ones bought maybe but not phased out.

[CodeToad]

V-22 incidents are not recoverable. When things go bad, you’re dead.

As a pilot, this bird ain’t for me. Give me a bird that has a chance for corrective action and survivability.

[Andy from Chapel Hill]

Mothball/scrap them and start over WITHOUT a tilt wing.

These have been a disaster since the program started.

[Myrddin]

I was lining up a contract to perform vibration signature analysis on the double diaphragm that couples the rotors on the left and right side. The manufacturer wanted to analyze the material to forecast when it would fail and set an appropriate replacement point. The principal challenge was the data acquisition of the vibration on the diaphragms. Unfortunately, my boss fumbled the contract in the midst of having open heart surgery. I've been waiting to see when/if the diaphragms would fail and start splashing aircraft.

[Myrddin]

Good info at the link. I was disappointed at the contract fumble. My co-worker did some excellent analysis on railcar bearing. 55 different defects discernible from the vibration signature. My task was to do the data acquisition, run the FFTs and send the data to a database to tease out the defects. I think we could have done a similar job for the Osprey, but never had the opportunity.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Every Navy SEAL sighs a breath of relief. 😏

[SMARTY]

THe ‘experts’ strike again

[DesertRhino]

Replacing the Greyhound gives you a much shorter legged plane that is far more dangerous and complex. The Greyhound has had 8 crashes since 1964. The Osprey has doubled that in a third of the time. God only knows how much worse it would be if they did it by flight hours.

[Liberty Valance]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jub8dVQVGSk
Deep Intel on Why ALL Ospreys are Grounded
(Ward Carroll)