How do you happen to be at this landing site? That must have been scary from the inside! It must have some serious brake on the props! They come to stop so fast. Have to wonder about silica static build up & sand abrasion of the carbon rotor blades on the takeoff. I wonder how they have addressed blade de-lamination that was prevalent during the 1st Gulf War?
This whole project is a mess, they are wearing out a lot faster than assumed. Its junk, they went with a uselessly high risk design and now they're fucked.
@gosciu555 Well not really, yes in the beginning this thing sucked but like every other new invention it is slowly perfected. The fact that it's a plane and a helicopter is the reason the Marines use this baby. And they will soon add weaponry to it.
@sbd45acp repair the blades or replace them, I didn't see excessive blade wear my last trip to Iraq there was wear on the leading edge of the tips, but we didn't use blade tape on these planes like the CH-46s and CH-53s but these planes do not use carbon fiber rotor blades. That landing was nothing the brown out was cake what you don't see is that the crew chiefs can still see the ground from the ramp and call the plane down.
Nice video, I saw one of these today at the Kalamazoo Michigan airport, didn't see it land but it took off and then circled the airport. Just sorry I didnt have my camera!!
is that area51?
mongoose979 1 year ago
@mongoose979 Doubtful, might be Nellis though, I'm not certain though as I'm not the one who shot the video.
Nohomers48 10 months ago
That thing is too ugly to exist.
xwagner76 1 year ago
@xwagner76 But thats what makes it beautiful.
canadaisthenorth 1 year ago
How do you happen to be at this landing site? That must have been scary from the inside! It must have some serious brake on the props! They come to stop so fast. Have to wonder about silica static build up & sand abrasion of the carbon rotor blades on the takeoff. I wonder how they have addressed blade de-lamination that was prevalent during the 1st Gulf War?
sbd45acp 2 years ago
@sbd45acp
This whole project is a mess, they are wearing out a lot faster than assumed. Its junk, they went with a uselessly high risk design and now they're fucked.
gosciu555 1 year ago
@gosciu555 Well not really, yes in the beginning this thing sucked but like every other new invention it is slowly perfected. The fact that it's a plane and a helicopter is the reason the Marines use this baby. And they will soon add weaponry to it.
DeadGamePits4Life 1 year ago
@sbd45acp repair the blades or replace them, I didn't see excessive blade wear my last trip to Iraq there was wear on the leading edge of the tips, but we didn't use blade tape on these planes like the CH-46s and CH-53s but these planes do not use carbon fiber rotor blades. That landing was nothing the brown out was cake what you don't see is that the crew chiefs can still see the ground from the ramp and call the plane down.
v22crewchief 1 year ago
in school to fly one now.
tacticaltyler 3 years ago
lucky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
drag0ns1ayer691 2 years ago
Nice video, I saw one of these today at the Kalamazoo Michigan airport, didn't see it land but it took off and then circled the airport. Just sorry I didnt have my camera!!
dlc54 3 years ago
My son and I wish we had been with you. All three videos were awesome!
americangobsmacked 4 years ago