Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey

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The V-22 Osprey is a joint service, multi-mission military aircraft with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability. It is designed to perform VTOL missions like a conventional helicopter while also having the long-range cruise abilities of a twin turboprop aircraft. See in the first minute or so, the helicopter takes off and than the engines are leaned forward, so it can fly horizontaly as a twin turboprop aircraft! Amazing!

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: July 30, 2006 at 11:25 pm
Author: Sapeski

Length: 00:04:25
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Tags: Bell Boeing V- 22 Osprey helicopter hybrid aircraft

Video Comments:
MasterTobben (August 13, 2008 at 7:52 pm)
wow i didnt know such aircraft exists and like Oscar666Ossie says hade only se it in games such as resistance fall of man and in som clips in Bionic commando so cool craft indeed but what is it mane purpose? transport troops?
Oscar666Ossie (July 26, 2008 at 6:33 pm)
I saw this thing on future weapons and i have to say it's a great machine. I've seen such a thing in several games and now it actually exists too. Great! I hope they'll make good use of this machine.
dieglhix (July 7, 2008 at 2:37 am)
omg how many ft/min climb rate?
wetdog54 (July 2, 2008 at 4:33 pm)
Sam Fishers (splinter cell) bird of choice, eh? hehehe whata nice plane
rocketman544 (June 30, 2008 at 6:14 am)
Ahhhh...is that music in the background from "Raiders of the Lost Ark"? Interesting combo...
As for the Osprey itself, it IS an interesting idea. Apparently the Navy's trying to get them for Special Ops insertions, we'll see how well that goes...
dh058977 (June 21, 2008 at 1:50 am)
haha your wrong, read wikipedia, they say it can glide as a plan if engines both fail but read this -
'A complete loss of power would require the failure of both engines, as a drive shaft connects the nacelles through the wing; one engine can power both propellers'
Quite clearly you can survive with just one engine
mikeymoo456 (June 6, 2008 at 2:54 pm)
How? I've never heard of any kind of aircraft, combat or not that can "tie" its engines together. As for lift, you're right they don't generate much lift and no, it probably wouldn't glide very far - but neither can a helicopter such as the Chinook...
aribenzane (June 6, 2008 at 7:37 pm)
A helicopter has a better chance of making a landing with it's damaged engine than an Osprey with one of it's engines compromised. The V22's stability is in it's balanced lifting force.
CamelDrifter (June 16, 2008 at 11:03 pm)
Mikey. An interconnecting drive shaft transfers power from each nacelle to a mid-wing gearbox. In the event that one engine fails, power will be equally distributed to both sides and the aircraft will continue to fly.
mikeymoo456 (June 18, 2008 at 1:01 am)
OK, I've done some research and I stand corrected! I was under the impression the two engines were entirely seperate, and quite frankly I'm glad to be proven wrong, as it means my greatest concern for the Osprey is unfounded. :) Other than that I've always thought it's a fantastic piece of engineering!