tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post8069316405470135507..comments2024-03-19T01:58:04.605-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Your Sunday Morning Rotor NoiseComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-21983866781163212712021-05-09T17:11:18.036-04:002021-05-09T17:11:18.036-04:00I read that the Navy was having such problems with...I read that the Navy was having such problems with the exhaust overheating the deck, causing the deck plates to actually WARP, that they asked DARPA if they could come up with a solution. Did they? Hot turboprob exhaust is also the reason Marine One is not one of those -- it would totally tear the White House Lawn apart.<br />Sikhandtake Rakhuvarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10092507176540275902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-8042008888842232072021-05-09T14:31:37.046-04:002021-05-09T14:31:37.046-04:00Thanks J4. 'Appears good enough'. Damning ...Thanks J4. 'Appears good enough'. Damning with faint praise. I thought it would be cancelled, but then all vertical flight aircraft make me uneasy. Fixed wing prejudice I guess.Tod Germanicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036673218365709139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-8255425699834139612021-05-09T14:15:02.432-04:002021-05-09T14:15:02.432-04:00From Wikipedia:
"The V-22 Osprey had 12 hull ...From Wikipedia:<br />"The V-22 Osprey had 12 hull loss accidents that resulted in a total of 42 fatalities. During testing from 1991 to 2006 there were four crashes resulting in 30 fatalities.[Since becoming operational in 2007, the V-22 has had seven crashes including two combat-zone crashes, and several other accidents and incidents that resulted in a total of 12 fatalities."<br /><br />So. 30 fatalities in 4 well publicized crashes over 15 years of testing. In the 15 years since then, 12 fatalities, some of which involved combat zones.<br /><br />No aircraft is ever perfected, but for something that has a helo mode, It appears good enough. The Navy has approved a version to replace the Greyhound for COD and other ship replenishment.J4rh34dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759694044252710582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-8986537563578854492021-05-09T12:39:44.420-04:002021-05-09T12:39:44.420-04:00Oopsie... In the helo mode, they are nothing more ...Oopsie... In the helo mode, they are nothing more than a helicopter flying sideways... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-74421073078115892772021-05-09T11:28:38.571-04:002021-05-09T11:28:38.571-04:00Does this mean they finally have a solution to the...Does this mean they finally have a solution to the crashes? I understood them to be quite dangerous when changing flying modes.<br />An interesting idea but not worth lives if it isn't perfected.<br />w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-78555638304906553842021-05-09T08:23:30.543-04:002021-05-09T08:23:30.543-04:00Not really. They're so ugly that the Earth re...Not really. They're so ugly that the Earth repels them.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-66055073475657971202021-05-09T08:02:13.268-04:002021-05-09T08:02:13.268-04:00Those things really fly, aeh. Those things really fly, aeh. Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342911380840320087noreply@blogger.com