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Subject: V22 Osprey and naval use vs land use
reefdiver    3/12/2008 4:53:35 PM
I was just watching a video of the V22 in Iraq (www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmIspnHaSaA). I noticed them "folding up" the aircraft, which seemed a bit unnecessary at the air-base, where its alloted parking space didn't appear to require such.

This made me wonder - would creating a "non-folding" version of the V22 make any sense for land-only basing? My thought is getting rid of the complexity in the folding rotors and rotating wing would simplify the aircraft considerably. It might reduce maintenance, increase reliability, save weight, and reduce cost as well. The main downside I could see would be if you wanted to park several in a hangar - that and of course the cost of production line mods at this time.
 
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Shaken       3/12/2008 8:11:25 PM

I was just watching a video of the V22 in Iraq (www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmIspnHaSaA). I noticed them "folding up" the aircraft, which seemed a bit unnecessary at the air-base, where its alloted parking space didn't appear to require such.

Our current land-based helicopters also fold up similarly small and for a reason that is more constraining than ship-board parking. The tightest constraint for folding up is based on air-transportability (folding up like origami to fit a handful into a C-17 cargo bay). The Osprey is considerably more capable of self-deployment than any helicopter, but that is still not the ideal way to get them into theatre.

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