V-22 Osprey Cockpit. $30 Billion Tiltrotor turboprop VTOL/STOL Automatic Heli-airplane #2

V-22 Osprey Cockpit. $30 Billion, ~70M/unit, Tiltrotor turboprop VTOL/STOL Automatic Heli-airplane #2
Hiller Helicopter Air Show 2010
TilTul http://tiltul.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-22_Osprey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXUk-SxIWLA
Book: The Dream Machine - The untold History of the notorious V-22 Osprey by Richard Whittle.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-27-2010/richard-whittle
http://www.simonandschuster.com/search?term=Richard+Whittle

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[flightsafecompany95]

Awsome!



[KartAnimal29]

waste of money

[MrDieseltwitch]

@joetioeb Thats all done with a computer, they spent a lot of time trying to figure how to make that work. What they came up with is some complex mixing ageratum that uses, forward airspeed, nacelle pitch angle, and a few other things to calculate the different controls. Sadly no one out side of the mfg knows what that formal is. At least no one i've talked to. I know for sure its not a liner % curve

[n4120p]

highly compromised sofistication ,, too expensive too unreliable ,, contractors made a ton of money for the last 25 years,,, 

[joetioeb]

This thing must be quite complicated to fly, switching between airplane and helicopter flying concepts...

[AccordGTR]

From Airforcetimes website: crash investigation of Osprey in Qalat Afghan. April 2010 revealed engine failure. Military wanted chief investigator to change his report to "pilot error". "The stresses of flying in the dirt and dust of Afghanistan probably caused the engine problems" BGen. Harvel, chief investigator said. He was not allowed to brief the families of the 4 KIA onboard. Maybe Airforce wants to coverup the reliability problems of this overpriced $67M helo?

[mdapson]

@fazedsatchel

Throttle vs collective isn't an issue in practice.

[Kristiants1]

@StreifProductions Well then you would be saying "From a human factors standpoint, wouldn't have been smarter to implement a throttle control rather than a collective? It seems the designer was a rotor-craft jockey who wanted to dabble in jets" Us humans can sometimes never be happy...I call it a lose-lose situation. One way we aren't happy, and the other way we aren't either.

[Kristiants1]

@fazedsatchel Another thing; maybe it's just me, but I think physics wise. I think in my head: Since the nacelles are up, more throttle means more pull from the rotors, and that equals lift. When the nacelles are forward, more throttle means more pull from the rotors, but since they're pointing FORWARD, than the thrust pulls it FORWARD. Do you see how I think? ;) <<<I can think that in about 2.5 seconds. Imagine the rest of my day! XD

[Kristiants1]

@fazedsatchel Also, wouldn't it be kind of hard to flip the controls halfway, when the nacelles are at a 45 degree angle, because then the controls would be halfway reversed, meaning it wouldn't do anything whether you push the throttle forward or backward, right? ;)