Nice looking aircraft, 'course I think the Chinook is a good looking aircraft. :o)
We dedicated the U.S. Air Force Memorial here in Arlington VA this weekend. The OSPREY pilots cannot stop talking about their aircraft and how great it is!
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How did they work out the bugs re: controlling this aicraft? I recall that it killed dozens of Marines in accidents...
I need a little help from the FRairwing. What the heck is "This versatile, self-deployable aircraft"
"Self-deployable" is not a term I'd hook up to aircraft.
I would just like to see what is the emergency procedure for a single engine failure. Just curious.
Thanks for posting. Great aircraft.
CV-22 is a fantastic aircraft but statements like above scare me ... it not "two distinct flying modes" it ONE vastly expanded flight envelope and its pilot not fully grasping the dynamics in the transition zone in fixed wing VTOL aircraft that causes problems
The flight/pilot communities get it that being a fixed wing pilot is a different kind of pilot then being a roterwing (helicopters)...
Well there a third kind of pilot...a "VTOL" pilot and just like Harrier pilot before them, they better get there heads wrap around the whole flight envelope of the machine...
Greater ability of the machine demands greater responsibly of the operator
After looking at the picture in the article, I notice there is no "bottom" on the wing, i.e, no sheet metal. When the prop and engine is tilted forward for forward flight as in a normal aircraft, how is lift generated if there is no bottom part of the wing? Seems to me that airflow over and under the wing would be significantly different than in a typical aircraft.
Recently, two from Cherry Point MCAS were making T&G's at the local airstrip. Living right under the downwind leg of the prominently active strip offers plenty of eye time for viewing CPC visitors.
I can say, they are remarkable AC to watch, but there's no way in hades the thing will ever "sneak up" on a living enemy.
"What will its mission be"?
-Is it intended to take the place of an existing aircraft of any type?
-It cannot land in (or near) a hot LZ like a helicopter.
-Its internal cabin capacity is pretty small (much smaller than a CH-53 or -47)
-Is there an armed version? mini-guns, rocket pods?
-How close can their in-flight formations be?
Please enlighten me regarding this if possible, and what part pilot error might have played in those early setbacks, if any. I remember the incidents, but I don't remember reading anything about any followup reports.
I truly hope that these and even more powerful 4 engine transports will be in the offing, as it will enable really quick and overwhelming deployment of Marines and Special Ops forces, and much quicker extraction of downed pilots and ground forces in tough positions.
It's brick mode that's the problem.
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Good news. Onward and upward.
I spoke to a couple of fellows from Boeing recently who had been working with the squadron at New River. They had billed a press junkett to overcome past negative press releases. Invited everybody up for a flight, they all were anxious to get aboard, flew around for about 30 minutes and began their descent, engines rotated up and landed in a civilian vacant lot.
The press were then told that if they enjoyed BarBQ they could come on into the restaurant for an adhoc buffet. One of the press made a wry comment about southern BarBQ and how N/S Carolina really wasn't known for its BarBQ. That's when the crew chief told him not to worry, because this was West Virginia BarBQ. The reporter responded that they thought this was a dog and pony show, now with catered BarBQ.
The crew chief responded, "No, we're in West Virginia and it happens to be a restaurant beside an open field we can land in.
They had flown in about 20-30 nimutes over several states and had landed up north, whereas the reporters thought they had simply circled the airfield a couple of times. That distance travelled that quickly with such ease helped reinforce the significance of this aircraft as a replacement for the CH-46.