Posted on 12/09/2023 9:51:17 AM PST by logi_cal869
The United States has chosen to ground all V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft until the underlying causes of a recent crash, which took place off the coast of Japan on November 29, are fully understood. This isn't the first time issues have surfaced with the aircraft, an inventive blend of a plane and a helicopter. Despite ongoing development for over 30 years, the design continues to pose serious complications.
The Pentagon announced the suspension of all operational activities involving the various Osprey variants following the tragic accident of a CV-22 off the Japanese coast on November 29. That crash resulted in the deaths of eight members of the U.S. Air Force Special Forces. Japan has also grounded its fleet of 14 tiltrotor aircraft. The duration of this grounding remains uncertain.
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Regardless, long overdue for this deathtrap.
Can we assume all the military contractors and their ‘friends’ got their money and perks?
Trouble from the start.
Presumed.
Absolutely. Probably 3 or 4 budget increases over the last 2 decades.
I first saw an Osprey at a NAS Moffett airshow, back before Google took it over. I wanted to run for cover.
Did this thing ever really conduct any successful missions? What kind of comparison with the Huey or Blackhawk with a cost benefit analysis. Doesnt really have a direct replacement which means the contractors will show us the next direction we need to go to keep their coffers liquid in cash and benefits with their latest design of electric helicopter/rocket/plane/attack dune buggy.
https://www.boeing.com/features/2023/06/22-fast-facts-on-the-bell-boeing-v-22-osprey.page
In its 34 years of service, more than 475 V-22s have been ordered to complete combat and humanitarian missions worldwide
At present, the V-22 has surpassed more than 700,000 flight hours
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They will be better when they make them electric....
Except, the issues with the B26 were resolved pretty quickly, with sliderules.
The V22 has had how long, using supercomputers.
What’s the immediate replacement?
(And, no....I did not read the article :)
https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/v-22-osprey-crash-history/
And despite the Osprey’s negative reputation, you won’t find its incident record as a dangerous outlier in service-wide or branch-specific data. As Marine Maj. Jorge Hernandez, spokesman for Marine aviation, explained to the Military Times in a July e-mail, the Marine Corps’ MV-22 Osprey has a lower mishap rate per 100,000 flight hours than the Harrier, Super Hornet, F-35B, or CH-53E Super Stallion.
They need to upgrade to the Dornier 31 / 231.
WW2:
The Nazis built very complex tanks. Their Tiger tank was a fearsome beast - when it wasn’t broken down.
The Soviets built simple and reliable tanks. Their T-34 is a perfect example.
And we all know who won that little dust-up.
Perhaps there’s a lesson there.
My focus has always been upon the cargo (aka ‘victims’, usually Marines).
This is where I assign criminal culpability to leadership and cheerleaders of the platform.
“Doesnt really have a direct replacement”
An earlier poster says that the Bell V-280 Valor has been chosen by the Army as a replacement for the UH-60 Black Hawk, a single-rotor helicopter.
Look up the V-280 in Wikipedia. It also has twin rotors like the V-22 but the engines are in the V-280’s body, not out on the wingtips.
For what it's designed to do, it does it better than anything else out there.
And no, I don't have any dog in this fight. I have absolutely no connection to it or anyone who builds it.
And for those of you worried about the "Military Industrial Complex", you need to be more worried about the "Government Industrial Complex" and the Welfare Industrial Complex".
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