
Future Vertical Lift Program
#1
Posted 17 September 2017 - 17:32
Any thoughts on how this would change the world of Army aviation? Pros/Cons and Likes/Dislikes? What this means for applicants just beginning to enter the WOFT pipeline?
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#2
Posted 17 September 2017 - 22:45
Swift, Silent, Deadly.
#3
Posted 18 September 2017 - 10:47
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#4
Posted 19 September 2017 - 21:05
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Posted 19 September 2017 - 23:07
#6
Posted 18 December 2017 - 22:12
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Posted 19 December 2017 - 14:36
#8
Posted 09 February 2018 - 18:23
Bumping this with some new V-280 footage
Mike
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#9
Posted 09 February 2018 - 19:25
I wonder if the FAA is going to keep classifying the tiltrotors in their own class or eventually switch to logging both RW & FW time.....Just think - flying these puppies could get you the best of both worlds + turbine time for your retirement gig at an Airline......A boy can have dreams........
#10
Posted 10 February 2018 - 10:29
What as the estimate for fielding now, 2035?
Mike
#11
Posted 21 April 2018 - 20:40
I wonder if the FAA is going to keep classifying the tiltrotors in their own class or eventually switch to logging both RW & FW time.....Just think - flying these puppies could get you the best of both worlds + turbine time for your retirement gig at an Airline......A boy can have dreams........
They should just do what the Marines do with their Osprey's... classify them as flying Class A accidents waiting to happen!
Tilt-rotors blow! Why are we investing in this?
#12
Posted 21 April 2018 - 22:14
By what metric do they blow, exactly? MV-22's are currently the USMC's safest rotary wing aircraft. It had some teething issues, and from what I understand is maintenance intensive, but a class-A mishap waiting to happen doesn't seem to be a fair description.
As to why invest? I dunno, speed and range perhaps. Sikorsky's X2, if it is as scaleable as they claim, would make a pretty good contender I'd think, though it still seems to lack in the speed and range a tilt-rotor provides. That said I expect it's "helicopter" performance is better.
Mike
#13
Posted 19 May 2018 - 22:13
Tldr: flying with rotors horizontal, video embedded in article.
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