Lived near Jacksonville, NC where these things would fly over my horse farm. They make a sound so different from anything else. They would make the windows rattle when they flew overhead. Go USMC!
Because the rotors are connected via a cross shaft you would have to have dual engine failure to have a problem. Fortunately the chances of that happening are very remote because, like any rotor craft with high disk loading, a tilt rotor doesn't auto rotate very well. I would think that if it's altitude were high enough, the pilot could pitch the nose down and glide like any other fixed wing aircraft.
awesome!!!
praetorian2150 10 months ago
Seen the video of them flying in over the Church picnic? stuff flying everywhere, people hanging on to trees...priceless.
kerranz 1 year ago
OMFG it's huge!! =D
KIDcanFLY 1 year ago
Lived near Jacksonville, NC where these things would fly over my horse farm. They make a sound so different from anything else. They would make the windows rattle when they flew overhead. Go USMC!
3Barnmaid 2 years ago
I just can't get enough of watching these beauties in flight. Gotta love American Aero technology at work..
dirtball812 4 years ago
ya gotta love fam flights...
acsherm3 4 years ago
this video totally suxx
cuz there is nothin in it
konvikt1 4 years ago
Because the rotors are connected via a cross shaft you would have to have dual engine failure to have a problem. Fortunately the chances of that happening are very remote because, like any rotor craft with high disk loading, a tilt rotor doesn't auto rotate very well. I would think that if it's altitude were high enough, the pilot could pitch the nose down and glide like any other fixed wing aircraft.
rfairman 4 years ago
Can the Osprey glide when there is an engine failure and the rotors are at the vertical position ?
saigonnais 4 years ago
The program will NOT be canceled.
tiltrotor22 4 years ago