turbine osprey

[family guy]

has anyone heard if gobyheli has gotten any further with this 'little' project???
watch the tilt at 2:07
he is a fantastic builder!!
test flight#1
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOdtBol5PvM[/ame]
test flight#2
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mI5Q4kDgE8[/ame]
test flight#3
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAazH_iQwSY[/ame]
test flight#4
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcMPvrxAHZs[/ame]

does anyone know how to make scale twisted blades, if so drop him a line, i dont know if he has crossed this barrier yet

[family guy]

thanks for embedding these clips stuart

[coptermanic]

The V22 is an amazing machine. I was fascinated by it when it was at Farnborough 2 years ago. In the "grand scheme of things", I am not really that sure where they are heading with it, and what it's commercial/military uses will be........

[family guy]

i think they are just showing off their skills, i wonder how much pro-active servicing is required for such a bird??? but as you said, a very smart bird indeed

[coptermanic]

I wonder what would be their procedures if a pod and rotor system got stuck in forward flight position??? Eject??????

[family guy]

bail out quick, would not like to be a pilot ditching one of those with the huge blades swinging so close to the fuz!

[coptermanic]

Intriguing concept, all the same...

[Rotorhead]

bail out quick, would not like to be a pilot ditching one of those with the huge blades swinging so close to the fuz!

Possibly they'd stay in forward flight configuration, tell everyone to bail out, and then climb to a higher altitude, then eject.

No chance of ditching in that config unless you stopped both engines, plus its probably got too high of a stall speed with those small wings, imagine how it would glide, it would probably be like a brick.