Mail Call: V-22 Ofsprey

[Cadeyrnable]

@jericoparazo The main problem would have been the mechanical complexity, since the early helicopters all used an ordinary engine. It might not have worked as well as the Osprey, but it still would have worked, had there been sufficient interest and dev time.

[Cadeyrnable]

@jericoparazo The main problem would have been the mechanical complexity, since the early helicopters all used an ordinary engine. It might not have worked as well as the Osprey, but it still would have worked, had there been sufficient interest and dev time.

[Cadeyrnable]

@jericoparazo The concept dates back to at least the Germans in WW2 and the Fa 269.

[MrFlowDrummer]

lol.. they've been TRYING to develop these since WWII. I've seen this design in books YEARS ago.

[praetorian2150]

i was hooked on the osprey after seeing it in half life opposing force :) best thing ever!

[MegaBannaphone]

its a a bird its a plane its(pauses) what is that

[YanYan1337]

V-22 Widowmaker :D

[JamesEndsor]

BTW, it's spelled O-S-P-R-E-Y.

[Rick1885]

The sound is a few seconds early to the picture. Try and fix that.

[vasilikosolov]

Dear Santa...

[RoldanIncorporated]

my god.. bell + boeing= God's pet bird

[RoldanIncorporated]

My god a helicopter good for making a good entrance. and running like a pussy

[leiefilm]

I've heard they had constant problems with the osprey.not to mention that a hole bunch of them has crashed and burned

[nordicberserk]

@leiefilm They did. The early ones had lots of problems that didnt go away until they got modern computers onboard to controll stuff that no pilot had a chance to react to.

[leiefilm]

@nordicberserk okay thanx for the info

[quangluu96]

its a bird, its a plane, WTF IS TAHT?

[Scioneer]

"What the hell is that?" LOL

[koppen67]

Just saw one of these fly overhead

[Ronin1914]

(Lag)...

[Ratkill9000]

Just add 4 jet engines and you got the Halo Pelican

[nerv0582]

Just like the BMW X6, u never know wtf it is, even u buy one.

[SCOPEHAPPY]

Dont forget the Airforce, flying these things.

[Lonewolf6565]

@SCOPEHAPPY

the only branch that has any of these is the marine corp they have 20. the air force hasnt bought any yet..

[sf6191]

@Lonewolf6565 Wrong sir, Air Force has the CV-22, and has had them for awhile, and Being a Crew Chief for the MV-22 I know for a fact, we have way more than 20 In the Corps.

[Lonewolf6565]

@sf6191

they have a ton. but they are only using 20 active service...

[Bosleyish]

@Lonewolf6565 thats funny cause 2 more vmm squadrons just stood up at macas miramar and are expected to get from 10-12 aircraft, so i think there are definitely more. not too mention vmm-161 which already has 7 ospreys, then you got the squadrons on mcas new river. seems like more than 20 to me.

[Lonewolf6565]

@Bosleyish

in april of this year the air force only had 12 in use with the 8th 71st and 20th SO squadrons to ferry SOCOM troops replacing the pavelows

the vmm 161, 162, 261, 263, 264, 266, 364, vmmt 204, vmx22 all have 83. vmmt 204 and vmx22 have them for training and testing. the rest of the vmm's have around ten but most arent used all the time and are stored in the squad hangers. they are still limiting use since replacement parts are hard to get and are trickling in as they are produced.

[Lonewolf6565]

@Bosleyish please understand that there are way more than 20 around the various squads but they arent using all of them. give them another year and they will likely all be up in the air regularly. they are just hard to get the parts for at the moment.

[sf6191]

@Lonewolf6565 No thats also false. My squadron alone has 10, and there are 6 more squadrons on the east coast who have 10 each. Not sure bout west coast, there is only 2 squadrons that have stood up over there and transitioned from 46's. Trust me this aircraft is my life. I know just about everything about them.

[FrozenEMT]

Its called an Osprey, not an Ofsprey, numb nuts.

[airforcesuk]

Any idea how these would cope landing in a stronge cross wind, would they not be forced to fly into in and land cos the props only can turn 90 up 90 down ????

[IDudessonI]

and 90 to the side ;) 5:16 in the background

[customcartoons]

1:08 check out the air station's sign! FTW ^_^

[08Evasion]

I hear the problem was they kept crashing lol

[bigmuscles621]

WRONG!!!!

[K0diak314]

They havent crashed in 9 years.....the USMC has dozens on order and dozens in operation....and the Airforce uses them for special ops missions....They are also slated to go international...

[crhrocket22]

That's exactly what I keep telling people!! We have crashed at least one of everything else since the last Osprey crash.

[Lonewolf6565]

@08Evasion

they couldnt figure out why for a long time as the problem wasnt mechanical. there was a phenomenon never before seen occurring with the airflow as the engines turned up or down and the whole thing would loose lift. once they figured out it was an airflow thing between the engines they found a way to get it to work properly.

[LoSeRLuCk1]

what was the problem with these a while back?

[PlayBackWalkthroughs]

@LoSeRLuCk1 wiring, pilot error, same as always...

[TheArcticFALLOUT]

i saw 3 flying over my school bus in formation evryone was like look at that plane im like its a plane and a hellicopter they didnt balieve me until one started to hover

[endofhumans]

lol i see those fly over my house :P

[TheAceOfHearts89]

Nice video and all, but uhm...it's V-22 Osprey, not Ofsprey

[oglocchristian]

its a bird , plane, helicopter what the hell is it

[z4crad]

ITS A ROFLCOPTER!!

[kingypoo1]

lmao nice

[antesignani]

HM3 dustin "doc" martin. god bless the navy, god bless the corps. stay strong my brothers, you are not forgotten.

[Jager1967]

I can't wait till the coast guard gets a squadron or two of these birds for search and rescue or drug interdiction

[DillardxDUH]

Im a 6326; Avionics Technician for the V-22 at New River...

LCpl Espinosa

[ChiotVulgaire]

Holy crap! It's a Fallout Vertibird!

[cod5glitchesandmore]

yeah xept the 1's in fall out look cooler

whats ur GT?

[lordhashi]

Bad

[outputs3]

@ChiotVulgaire get out the fatman!

[FrankDaTank1218]

@ChiotVulgaire Where did you think Bethesda got the idea Jackwagon?

[thefuzzyone69]

@FrankDaTank1218

except bethesda didn't get the idea. Interplay did in fallout 2

[thefuzzyone69]

@FrankDaTank1218

Bethesda didn't, interplay did in fallout 2 jackwagon

[guitarist4747]

@ChiotVulgaire where do u think fallout got there idea from

[alexnapad]

Not only have they been used in Afghanistan, but also in Iraq, as Gen. James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps, reported in today's briefing.

Paraphrased: MV-22 3rd tilt rotor squadrons in Iraq. Osprey squadrons flew every type of assault support mission required in Iraq. Most impressive was the way it was able to shrink the battle space, reducing a battlefield the size of Texas to one the size of Rhode Island.

[Xephisto]

Well the latest V-22's are great. 'cept it's called the Osprey, not Ofsprey. They've already been used on sorties in Afgan.

[CrystalHunter1989]

lol "I want one!"

Same here buddy!

[cortana458]

its osprey not ofspray

[Emovamp64]

you know this thing isnt new at all its acually pretty old , but due to a crash they had to recall it

[motci54]

dude i saw 2 in new mexico a couple weeks ago

[ronaldweasleyfan55]

urah

[knottsscary]

its oorah

[NonConformistNetwork]

nothing will replace the big planes like the c120 and the c5 galaxy. this thing cant haul tanks like they can.

[archaeaffxi]

No shit. Thats not what it's for. It's for special operations infiltration, exfiltration and rescue operations.

[dawnninjawolf]

It needs a third emergency rotor in the center in case a wing is hit.

[EnigmaHood]

You're not an engineer. A third rotor would just add excessive drag, while adding almost nothing. If a wing was hit, the aircraft is screwed anyway.

[dawnninjawolf]

I may not be an engineer but it is highly logical that a heavy helicopter can fly better with 2 rotors.

On that note it would not create much drag if it could fold away inside the helicopter.

[EnigmaHood]

You said a third rotor in the middle. There's no where to fit a third rotor, let alone let it be retractable. How fast would it be able to deploy in an emergency situation? You lose a wing, you are screwed no matter what. You might as well apply that logic to every airplane ever created. "Well they can put an emergency rotor in the middle just in case a wing is blown off." It's not practical.

[dawnninjawolf]

It would not need wings, I am essentially saying that if it were flying at a high enough altitude when hit it could convert to a helicopter format and drop the wings via parachute.

The third rotor is not so useless now is it?

[EnigmaHood]

Yes it is. If the wings are taken out, then one or both of the rotors are taken out. The aircraft can't fly on one emergency rotor. That combined with the impracticality of the idea, it just wouldn't work.

[dawnninjawolf]

You are thinking in terms of the limits of modern technology, I however am thinking in terms of the future.

With enough visionary engineers and finance this would be an easy development, the world is constantly changing therefore one must maintain an open mind and be ready to embrace the future.

[Lonewolf6565]

@EnigmaHood

thats funny. you cant fly a regular helicopter with just one rotor either.

[EnigmaHood]

@Lonewolf6565 Depends on the design, if it used autorotation, or tip jets, I suppose it could fly with just one rotor, but what that guy was proposing was utterly impractical.

[andrezor24]

osprey is shit, the mechanism is fucked, 10's of osprey went down randomly cause of computer failure and many marines died...what a piece of shit, stick to the black hawk

[Zbojnik]

There has been 4 major incidents with the V-22 were the crew was killed. As tragic as the deaths are, that's not that bad. The UH-60 was plagued with problems in the beginning too, and look at how successful it is now. And the USMC doesn't use Black Hawks, they use Sea Knights.

[SGTSAM101ST]

MAN I WANT TO FLY ONE TOO!!!

[CaptainCool07]

gunny went apeshit at 6:50 hahaaa

[Fred5612]

Your comment made my day LOL.

[reddevilneck]

USMC Orrah

[XboxEliteMan]

wow there gonna be awesome wen they switch propellers 4 jets.

[popers25]

I remember the first time I rode in one. I had no Idea what it was. I was like "What the fuck is that thing? It flies?" we where doing HALO traning drills those things are great

[TheThinkTanksKid]

you spelled Osprey wrong at the tittle...

[jbfirstdown22]

anyone know where I can get video of the episode covering the strategic operations training?

[Mittelmorder]

"snoop and poop" LOL

[gabricontractor]

Great video! thanks amer1cancer2753!