There ya go, biggly!
Posted on 05/16/2019 7:53:30 AM PDT by topher
[The V280 'Valor' is a replacement for the Blackhawk Helicopter]. The V280 is derived from having a max speed of 280 mph. Article says it attained 230 knots...] - Topher intro
On Jul. 31, 2018 the first prototype of the Bell V-280 Valor, registration N280BH, performed a flight demo for invited media and dignitaries at Bell Helicopter Amarillo Assembly Center.
The V-280 Valor is Bell’s submission for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) phase, the technology demonstration precursor to Future Vertical Lift (FVL), a replacement for the service’s Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk (that have just celebrated its 40th anniversary) and Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopters.
The V-280 will have a crew of 4 (including two pilots) and be capable of transporting up to 14 troops. Its cruising speed will be 280 knots and its top speed will be around 300 kts. It’s designed for a range of 2,100 nautical miles and an effective combat range of 500 to 800 nmi although the Army’s requirements for the demonstrator call for hot and high hover performance (at 6,000 feet and 95 F), and the ability to self-deploy 2,100 nautical miles at a speed of at least 230 knots.
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Certainly, a nice platform for the US Coast Guard as well.
Getting there faster is important based on the mission...
TTIUWOP
There ya go, biggly!
Their HTML didn't make it easy...
Great.
Now I gotta worry about *2* Jesus nuts instead of one...
I have doubts about either one of those being as good as a Blackhak.
Anything is better than a Blackhawk.
That is a very good looking machine. Yup, I know looks aren’t everything, but that machine appears to want to fly. And fly well.
Ever heard and Osprey flying with the rotors at a 45 degree tilt? Sounds like a Chinook.
Not according to Michael Durant, the pilot of Nightstalker Super Six-Four, which was one of the Blackhawks shot down in Somalia. He credited the durability of the aircraft with saving his life.
I would assume you are a Huey Type.
Blackhawk = Lawn Dart
But it looks to me like we already have a tilt-rotor troop mover aircraft in production (The V-22). So I have two questions: 1)What does the Valor do that the Osprey cannot do? And 2)Why not revamp the Osprey to meet the new requirements?
Thanks ahead of time for your considered responses.
Once. A pair of V-22s made a flyover at a college football game that I was working.
It can be summed up in one word: "Size." The V-22 Osprey is a much larger aircraft than the V-280 Valor or any of the other Future Vertical Lift contenders.
The FVL program is to develop a family of airframes to replace the UH-60 Blackhawk and AH-64 Apache with new aircraft that are much faster, and have better high altitude and hot weather performance. (We are planning for new aircraft to refight the Afghan war.)
I loved the Huey (1,100+ hrs.), it needed to evolve but not into the maintenance nightmare that is the 60 (300+ hrs.).
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