US military grounds entire fleet of Osprey aircraft following a deadly crash off the coast of Japan

[BigMoneyGrip]

Who is the manufacturer for the ospray?

 

[TaxCollector13459]

seem like they been having problems damn near their entire service life

 

[Jean Jacket]

why is the military still using old model planes that need desperate repairs and upgrades????

The old avionics have been upgraded and the engine/nacelle computers have failsafes that can't be over-ridden.

They are constantly upgraded with successive blocks.

There have been way more HH/UH crashes than anything...especially during OIF/OEF.

Biggest problems that rotary wing aircraft face are environmental.

Sometimes the stars align.

 

[ORDER_66]

The old avionics have been upgraded and the engine/nacelle computers have failsafes that can't be over-ridden.

They are constantly upgraded with successive blocks.

There have been way more HH/UH crashes than anything...especially during OIF/OEF.

Biggest problems that rotary wing aircraft face are environmental.

Sometimes the stars align.

shyt they might as well make new ospreys if the old ones are still fukked up...

 

[Jean Jacket]

shyt they might as well make new ospreys if the old ones are still fukked up...

The F35 would like to have a word with you Breh.

 

[levitate]

I mean, just look at it.

shyt looks like it needs NASA-level launch controls just to safely fly.

 

[levitate]

cancel Christmas.

 

[Jean Jacket]

Who is the manufacturer for the ospray?

Bell/Boeing.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

I got out right as the Corps was transitioning from A-6E's to F/A-18-D's. The pilots I talked to always said those planes were deathtraps and the mechanics were like .......​

 

[Chronic]

China currently researching their own tiltrotor design, although they seems to prefer V-280 style rotor configuration

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

why is the military still using old model planes that need desperate repairs and upgrades????

If they didn't, the budget allocation for constructing new planes on any type of timed basis would bankrupt the United States.

See the F-22 & F-35.​

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

RIP to those poor souls. I can't imagine what their families are dealing with.

 

[Jean Jacket]

I got out right as the Corps was transitioning from A-6E's to F/A-18-D's. The pilots I talked to always said those planes were deathtraps and the mechanics were like .......​

Marine brass love strat planning with the 22. It makes their job easy... but the sweatys ultimately bear the cost/risk.

You could argue that the higher speed is worth it...but at the end of the day, it's not as good a helicopter apples to apples.


But...

You ever see a 22 at night? They look cool as shyt...and you know how Marines like shiny lights and colors.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

I mean, just look at it.

shyt looks like it needs NASA-level launch controls just to safely fly.

That's just the Commanders' side.

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[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Marine brass love strat planning with the 22. It makes their job easy... but the sweatys ultimately bear the cost/risk.

You could argue that the higher speed is worth it...but at the end of the day, it's not as good a helicopter apples to apples.


But...

You ever see a 22 at night? They look cool as shyt...and you know how Marines like shiny lights and colors.

The Ospreys were designed to replace helo's after the failure of Operation Eagle Claw and I never got to see one up close. Only saw them on the flight-line from a couple clicks away. I did, however, get a chance to view the interiors and cockpits of Airforce-1, an SR-71, and a couple A-10's.

Them pilots deserve EVERY bit of money they get on their LES's.......​