V-22 Osprey: Wonder Weapon Or Widow Maker?

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bresamil

wandering aimlessly
Ponytail said:
Just released? But when was it written? :whistle:
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Quick glance says 2006 based on the Pentagon report in 2005 about the 4 crashes.
Doubtful he has any of the latest improvements taken into consideration.
 
Ponytail

Ponytail

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bresamil said:
Quick glance says 2006 based on the Pentagon report in 2005 about the 4 crashes.
Doubtful he has any of the latest improvements taken into consideration.
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That's what I was thinkin'. I can't view the report though.
 
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bresamil

wandering aimlessly
Ponytail said:
That's what I was thinkin'. I can't view the report though.
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Not my program but a good part of the offsite team sits in this building. I'll have one of them look at it.
 
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scottrobts

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the alternative to the V-22 is our troops flying in rifle range at a slow speed sitting on aluminum shielding a fuel cell. No thanks, lets get the V-22 working and flying NOW!!!
 
smoothmarine187

smoothmarine187

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They were having problems and crashing this thing back in 99.......I would hope they have the bugs worked out by now. I had to sit through a class about the future of the Marine Corps......and OSPREY was part of it.
 
bohman

bohman

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The explanation that I often heard regarding early crashes was that the aircraft is not faulty, just that it's capabilities and limitations are so different from existing aircraft that pilots didn't have the right skills to fly it. Which isn't to say that the pilots weren't skilled, just that all the characteristics weren't known yet. It's sad that developing something like this is going to cost lives, but flight is risky sometimes.

I think that eventually, we won't see more V22 crashes than any other aircraft.
 
Bustem' Down

Bustem' Down

Give Peas a Chance
bohman said:
The explanation that I often heard regarding early crashes was that the aircraft is not faulty, just that it's capabilities and limitations are so different from existing aircraft that pilots didn't have the right skills to fly it. Which isn't to say that the pilots weren't skilled, just that all the characteristics weren't known yet. It's sad that developing something like this is going to cost lives, but flight is risky sometimes.

I think that eventually, we won't see more V22 crashes than any other aircraft.
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Well, if it's killing troops, we should move the troops away from it and then try talking to it. Maybe then it will stop killing them. :whistle:
 
Ponytail

Ponytail

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I'm reading the report now. I'm only into the "Executive summary" and it is frought with mistakes and faulty assumptions. Reading about the authors experience sheds some light oto the problem. But I'll continue reading. anyway.
 
Ponytail

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OK. I'm on page 6 of about 50 now, and I'm convinced that this author is a moron taking cheap stabs at something that he is aither incapable of investigating himself, of just to lazy. There are so many errors that are arguable using only info available to the general public, its ridiculous.

He even refers to the rotor system as "propellers". :lol: He states that a "V22 cannot carry an up-Armored HUMVEE" yet there are pictures available to the public of such an event, and I've even seen several pictures in calendars over the years.

I really can't see reading beyond page 10 of this 50 page report. But I will, because due to it's recent "release", I'm sure the news groups will have a field day with it, or try to.
 
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mAlice

mAlice

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Flying experimental aircraft is a dangerous job, and test pilots know this. They don't go into it thinking there is no significant risk.

It's considerably safer to be a test pilot today than it was years ago. There aren't nearly as many fatalities.
 
mAlice

mAlice

professional daydreamer
Ponytail said:
OK. I'm on page 6 of about 50 now, and I'm convinced that this author is a moron taking cheap stabs at something that he is aither incapable of investigating himself, of just to lazy. There are so many errors that are arguable using only info available to the general public, its ridiculous.

He even refers to the rotor system as "propellers". :lol:
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I haven't read the article, and have no doubt that you're correct in your assesment, but there's always the possibility that he used "propellers" to dumb it down.
 
bohman

bohman

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Ponytail said:
He even refers to the rotor system as "propellers". :lol:
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Isn't that what they are, during level flight? What does the V22 refer to them as?

*not disputing that the report is a crock, especially since I didn't read it myself, just wondering what they are called.
 
chernmax

chernmax

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On a positive note, all the V22's I've seen here in Lex were all in the air, I guess that's a good thing right??? :yay:
 
flomaster

flomaster

J.F. A sus ordenes!
bohman said:
Isn't that what they are, during level flight? What does the V22 refer to them as?

*not disputing that the report is a crock, especially since I didn't read it myself, just wondering what they are called.
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They are called proprotors.
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
Well...

chernmax said:
On a positive note, all the V22's I've seen here in Lex were all in the air, I guess that's a good thing right??? :yay:
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...that depends. Which way were they going and did it appear they were trying to go that way?

:lmao:
 
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