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The President flies in it.Is the V 22 Osprey a lemon or has it fixed its issues?
Is the V 22 Osprey a lemon or has it fixed its issues?
This type of aircraft has always seemed like a pretty good idea. Too bad it got a bad reputation due to early accidents.
O.K., I'm your huckleberry; how do you know?This type of aircraft has always seemed like a pretty good idea. Too bad it got a bad reputation due to early accidents.
Any new even mildly complex technological product has its initial bugs that have to be found and corrected. Must less something as innovative and previously un tried as the Osprey. Just ask me how I know.
It takes a spotter to land because of the cloud it makes under it. POS.The idea was long before the internet. I first read about in Popular Mechanics/Science in the early 1980's. It had a long gestation period. It was supposed to be a public passenger aircraft also. For short jaunts and to fly onto high rise rooftop landing areas. I have not seen that. It may exist though. If not, why? Is there still a potential safety issue? It was also designed for the Soviet era conflicts and has had an issue with its wings in desert areas. And there are differences in different types of desert areas and the uplifting of sand into the surrounding environment. this may/or has affected some types of transport and missions. Not trying to sound negative. And there has to be a lot of positives. For this craft will be here for the duration.
What is surprising is that something like this plane has not been adopted for passenger shuttle.
It takes a spotter to land because of the cloud it makes under it. POS.The idea was long before the internet. I first read about in Popular Mechanics/Science in the early 1980's. It had a long gestation period. It was supposed to be a public passenger aircraft also. For short jaunts and to fly onto high rise rooftop landing areas. I have not seen that. It may exist though. If not, why? Is there still a potential safety issue? It was also designed for the Soviet era conflicts and has had an issue with its wings in desert areas. And there are differences in different types of desert areas and the uplifting of sand into the surrounding environment. this may/or has affected some types of transport and missions. Not trying to sound negative. And there has to be a lot of positives. For this craft will be here for the duration.
The desert was hard on all of our equipment especially rotor aircraft and solutions had to be improvised to fit the environment. That's nothing new in combat. Also it can carry 24 troops and their equipment into rapid deployment, that's many more than a helicopter can carry.The idea was long before the internet. I first read about in Popular Mechanics/Science in the early 1980's. It had a long gestation period. It was supposed to be a public passenger aircraft also. For short jaunts and to fly onto high rise rooftop landing areas. I have not seen that. It may exist though. If not, why? Is there still a potential safety issue? It was also designed for the Soviet era conflicts and has had an issue with its wings in desert areas. And there are differences in different types of desert areas and the uplifting of sand into the surrounding environment. this may/or has affected some types of transport and missions. Not trying to sound negative. And there has to be a lot of positives. For this craft will be here for the duration.
Takes damn near 2 minutes to land. Makes it a huge target.It takes a spotter to land because of the cloud it makes under it. POS.The idea was long before the internet. I first read about in Popular Mechanics/Science in the early 1980's. It had a long gestation period. It was supposed to be a public passenger aircraft also. For short jaunts and to fly onto high rise rooftop landing areas. I have not seen that. It may exist though. If not, why? Is there still a potential safety issue? It was also designed for the Soviet era conflicts and has had an issue with its wings in desert areas. And there are differences in different types of desert areas and the uplifting of sand into the surrounding environment. this may/or has affected some types of transport and missions. Not trying to sound negative. And there has to be a lot of positives. For this craft will be here for the duration.
I'll call BS on that otherwise every helicopter landing would require a spotter. I've never seen any in my experience and that includes landing in unimproved LZs in Vietnam.
Ever been in one, ever been in a helicopter, ever even been in the military? My guess is none of the above.Takes damn near 2 minutes to land. Makes it a huge target.It takes a spotter to land because of the cloud it makes under it. POS.The idea was long before the internet. I first read about in Popular Mechanics/Science in the early 1980's. It had a long gestation period. It was supposed to be a public passenger aircraft also. For short jaunts and to fly onto high rise rooftop landing areas. I have not seen that. It may exist though. If not, why? Is there still a potential safety issue? It was also designed for the Soviet era conflicts and has had an issue with its wings in desert areas. And there are differences in different types of desert areas and the uplifting of sand into the surrounding environment. this may/or has affected some types of transport and missions. Not trying to sound negative. And there has to be a lot of positives. For this craft will be here for the duration.
I'll call BS on that otherwise every helicopter landing would require a spotter. I've never seen any in my experience and that includes landing in unimproved LZs in Vietnam.
"In February 2009, however, reports surfaced that V-22 downwash was so heavy, that it could blow other helicopters off of the amphibious assault ships’ flight decks. Gannet’s Marine Corps Times:
“For example, Kouskouris said flight deck operators [on the USS Bataan] are reluctant to land an Osprey next to smaller helicopters such as the AH-1 Super Cobra or the UH-1 Huey because the tilt rotors’ massive downdraft could blow the smaller aircraft off a deck spot. He has formally asked for this restriction to be included in the Osprey’s future training programs.”
Give it time.What is surprising is that something like this plane has not been adopted for passenger shuttle.
Is the V 22 Osprey a lemon or has it fixed its issues?