Posted on 10/16/2006 9:10:13 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
During OT-IIG VMX-22 achieved a MMH/FH ratio of ~10 hours. Currently, the CH-46E fleet has a MMH/FH ratio of ~25 hours and the CH-53 fleet has a MMH/FH ratio of ~45 hours. VMMT-204, the MV-22 FRS at New River, has a MMH/FH ratio of ~15 hours.
Try this web site for info. Any ambiguity to the answers will cleared up soon enough once these guys have their shot. I tend to listen to the guys that fly the V22.
http://www.2maw.usmc.mil/MAG29/VMM263/newsletter/RaleighNewsObserver11Aug06.mht
Incorrect. Numerous transcons have been executed to date, without incident. This was the first translant. The divert to Keflavik, Iceland was done as a precaution only. The aircraft in question, a Block A model w/o deicing equipment, continued to fly for several hours after the compressor stall problem; although they experienced a flame out the crew was able to relight the engine. They did not lose an engine enroute.
Ed Garza / Bell Helicopter
Sheldon Cohen / Bell Helicopter
Incorrect. The Osprey has a quicker LZ ingress/egress rate than any rotary winged aircraft currently in the inventory: 220-0 KIAS in ~12 seconds; 0-220 KIAS in ~12 seconds.
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Very impressive numbers!! Query; Are they using reverse thrust to slow down?
Into a cloud of red mist.
That's right. But The Marines don't fly the H-60 in any other field environment, do they? My thinking was that they reject the H-60 for combat operations. I could be wrong.
No reverse thrust is needed since the engines and proprotors can be tilted.
No
The Marine Corps doesn't operate the H-60 in the FMF outside of HMX-1.
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