The key US ally had sought the suspension of all non-emergency V-22 Osprey flights over its territory after one fell into the sea on Wednesday in western Japan.
  • deranger@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    It’s because it’s a heavy rotorcraft. Not poor design, just rotorcraft physics.

    Like I said, poor design. Wrong tool for the job.

    It can’t travel slow enough for blackhawks nor fast enough for fixed wing. The V-22 is an absolute turd.

    • Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Read all the links, it’s nothing unique to the V-22. All rotorcraft suffer from the same condition.

      Pilots just have to be careful while descending with low forward velocity.

      • deranger@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I repeat - tiny heavily loaded rotors are the wrong tool for the job thus making it a bad design