And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Looks like it would be easy to cut the line with those big props
The USMC took that thing on about 2001-02 and I don't how many Marines lost their lives on "training" missions in that boondoggle. Got to be a record somewhere.
I was in 10th Special Forces Group late 80’s early 90’s and the Marines were already involved with the Osprey. If I remember correctly they started testing with that POS.
Because the nose and fuel probe are way in front of the propellers, it's much safer to aerial refuel than a helicopter.
Because a helo's rotors stick out way in front of it, even if the fueling probe is long enough, there's a chance that a sharp change of angle to plane, helo or both can cause the helo's rotors can and have struck the refueling hose. With great disaster to the helo, usually.
From what I've read, the Osprey has a better record (hours of use) than any of the normal choppers. The major problem seems to be that any system failure or pilot mistake becomes a catastrophic failure mode, leading to lots of bad publicity.
Don't expect them to fade away, as the numbers appear to support the continued use of them.
The "Osprey" is a federal government boondoggle that never should have been allowed fly.
ReplyDeleteThat’s a 100% truism.
DeleteThe USMC took that thing on about 2001-02 and I don't how many Marines lost their lives on "training" missions in that boondoggle. Got to be a record somewhere.
DeleteAccording to the records, 62 people have died in Osprey crashes... and 30 in just four of them.
DeleteI was in 10th Special Forces Group late 80’s early 90’s and the Marines were already involved with the Osprey. If I remember correctly they started testing with that POS.
Deletethey'd just rather keep killin'...
DeleteHH-60 air refueling.
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/kApdg7TiR_Q?si=A2qfSzqfQ-pgj5PN
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Because the nose and fuel probe are way in front of the propellers, it's much safer to aerial refuel than a helicopter.
ReplyDeleteBecause a helo's rotors stick out way in front of it, even if the fueling probe is long enough, there's a chance that a sharp change of angle to plane, helo or both can cause the helo's rotors can and have struck the refueling hose. With great disaster to the helo, usually.
From what I've read, the Osprey has a better record (hours of use) than any of the normal choppers. The major problem seems to be that any system failure or pilot mistake becomes a catastrophic failure mode, leading to lots of bad publicity.
ReplyDeleteDon't expect them to fade away, as the numbers appear to support the continued use of them.