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Howard H.

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I took the day off from work - and happened to see them testing Ospreys at the factory in Amarillo.

It sure sounded pretty fearsome flying over!

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Those props don't turn that fast. Remember it's half helo. When they're on the ground the props have to be turned up somewhat.
YES they sound wierd, not like a "normal" prop plane.
 
Extreme Photo. I hope all the issues with this bird's areodynamics can be ironed out. Teething issues almost killed it in the first years, and cost to operate do not help it much. I discovered the operating duty cycle of some of our choppers is .50, meaning they need two hours of ground maintenance for every hour in the air on average. Very not good. No farmer would operate equipment that deficient. JimN
 

I've got a D80 Nikon. It is sure a nice camera, but the brightness of the sky would have forced any camera to "freeze-frame" the props with a very fast shutter speed.

By adjusting the F-stop manually, I probably could have captured some blur, but it also would have made the forward progress look blurrier, too...

There have been big AWAC planes doing touch-and-goes down there before - I'd like to get some pics of one of them sometime, too!

And an American flag on top of the elevator would have made the first pic better, too!
 
They used to fly those to Plainview airport and do takeoffs and landings.Could hear the sound for ten miles or more,at least it seemed like it.
 
Great photos and beautiful machine, but unfortunately it will just too complicated and expensive to be practical. I've worked in the rotorwing industry for 32 years and know that has to be a mainteneance hog and their availability rate will be low. As the old saying goes, "you can't have your cake and eat it too". Helicopters are helicopters and airplanes are airplanes.
 
Excellent photography there.
If those V-22's actually worked. They would be the ideal answer for the Canadian Armed Forces. They are trying to use old C130's and SeaKing helicopters for search and rescue.
Both are getting worn out and older than the pilots.
We need something with the C-130's range and speed but the ability to land as a helicopter.
I don't know if the V-22 is a flawed design that could be fixed with a clean sheet re-design? Nobody could afford the cost of such a re-do project.
 
Excellent photography there.
If those V-22's actually worked. They would be the ideal answer for the Canadian Armed Forces. They are trying to use old C130's and SeaKing helicopters for search and rescue.
Both are getting worn out and older than the pilots.
We need something with the C-130's range and speed but the ability to land as a helicopter.
I don't know if the V-22 is a flawed design that could be fixed with a clean sheet re-design? Nobody could afford the cost of such a re-do project.
 

To me, it is just like any tool in the toolbox - some are more rarely used than others, cost a lot more, and are more specialized with more intricate knowledge needed to run them, but they are still worth it for certain tasks...

Bill - it sounded like two choppers flying in formation, but with a deeper rumble than most choppers... It is pretty distinctive sounding...

HH
 
Thanks for the pictures, Howard. I didn't realize that Bell is building the V-22s in Amarillo. When I was there about ten years ago the old Bell plant was shut down and deserted.

I worked at Bell Amarillo back in the early '80s. Interestingly, I saw a demonstration of the XV-15 there around 1981. The XV-15 was the original tilt-rotor aircraft from which the V-22 was derived. The performance of the XV-15 was spectacular. Bell used a Cessna Citation as a chase plane; they had tried a prop plane but it couldn't keep up. Even with the jet, the chase plane had to take off first because the acceleration of the XV-15 was such that the Citation couldn't keep up on takeoff.
 
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