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10-11-2007, 02:47 PM
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My guess is RW. Cruise flight is pretty much the same in any type aircraft. The key is the landing phase...it does NOT land anything like a FW.
But it might actually be PL...those blades are bigger than most props, but smaller the helo rotors. A CH-46/47 is obviously a helo, a harrier is obviously PL, but the osprey is somewhere in between.
But it might actually be PL...those blades are bigger than most props, but smaller the helo rotors. A CH-46/47 is obviously a helo, a harrier is obviously PL, but the osprey is somewhere in between.
10-11-2007, 08:12 PM
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No clue what it's logged as. Aren't those a sight though? I saw one practicing "pattern" work at KAMA about six months ago for an hour or so, I could have watched that thing all day.
10-11-2007, 08:25 PM
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Just a followup, The FAA defines "powered-lift" as:
"A heavier-than-air aircraft capable of vertical takeoff, vertical landing, and low speed flight that depends principally on engine-driven lift devices or engine thrust for lift during these flight regimes and on nonrotating airfoil(s) for lift during horizontal flight."
I'd say that the Osprey falls into that category (as does the Bell Civil Tiltrotor, and the Harrier.)
"A heavier-than-air aircraft capable of vertical takeoff, vertical landing, and low speed flight that depends principally on engine-driven lift devices or engine thrust for lift during these flight regimes and on nonrotating airfoil(s) for lift during horizontal flight."
I'd say that the Osprey falls into that category (as does the Bell Civil Tiltrotor, and the Harrier.)
10-12-2007, 07:00 AM
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Just a followup, The FAA defines "powered-lift" as:
"A heavier-than-air aircraft capable of vertical takeoff, vertical landing, and low speed flight that depends principally on engine-driven lift devices or engine thrust for lift during these flight regimes and on nonrotating airfoil(s) for lift during horizontal flight."
I'd say that the Osprey falls into that category (as does the Bell Civil Tiltrotor, and the Harrier.)
"A heavier-than-air aircraft capable of vertical takeoff, vertical landing, and low speed flight that depends principally on engine-driven lift devices or engine thrust for lift during these flight regimes and on nonrotating airfoil(s) for lift during horizontal flight."
I'd say that the Osprey falls into that category (as does the Bell Civil Tiltrotor, and the Harrier.)
10-12-2007, 10:19 AM
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I'm not a Harrier guy, but the implication of this thread is that PL isn't the same as FW which would seem like a negative connotation in regard to what the airlines are looking for. Seems like most AV-8's I've seen take-off or land do a conventional FW take-off or landing. Although capable of vertical lift, they rarely actually do it.
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