[spinestein]

I need one of those.

[Boundless]

> ... expect to begin delivering in 2011 ...

Only if it get certificated, which is far from certain.

The FAA presently requires that aircraft be able to
safely land with all engine out, from most flight
regimes (they already have exceptions for helo ops
off platforms).

Can this thing auto-rotate like a helo?
Guess: barely, and only if the blades are horizontal.

Can it glide like a fixed wing?
Guess: barely, and the touchdown speed will be
dangerously high.

Does pilot training include live demo of either?

Rotax has been flying on tether forever in part
due to this same requirement.
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Gimli Gliders happen.

[kbennkc]

Make mine a regular Huey , the bugs are pretty well worked out and I only need two speeds ; slow and stop .

[Abathar]

I wonder how hard it is to pilot the thing. I bet watching the owner take her up the first time is going to be fun to watch.

[Dead Dog]

Magnus effect.

[IronJack]

Don’t the props/rotors counterrotate?

[timer]

The DM aerosafe eagle(google)has solved many of these problems that are listed for flight worthiness.

[in hoc signo vinces]

Anyone read Time’s latest Hit piece on the military? Where they bash the Osprey? It’s on the front page of the bird cage lining magazine.

[edcoil]

“of the nacelles”

Is that the thingy next to the dohicky?

[Snickering Hound]

Bell YFM Airacuda circa 1940.

[aruanan]

After being briefed on the quirk, Hopkins says Bell engineers homed in on the most unlikely of culprits - the placement of the exhaust port on the left engine.

I bet Richard Feynman would have spotted this immediately.