OT â€“ Marine â€œThunder Chickensâ€

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:36 pm

The Osprey is not as sexy as the Cobra, but I thought Jeremy and the rest of you might enjoy this clip of the VMM-263 in Iraq!

http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos. ... =army-a.nl

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:13 pm

With reputation those things have for unintended landings I'd much rather ride in our Chinooks.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:19 pm

Those things are cool. They got all the bugs worked out and they are decent bird.

The sound like a huge celing fan when they fly by.

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:28 pm

JReed wrote:Those things are cool. They got all the bugs worked out and they are decent bird.

The sound like a huge celing fan when they fly by.

Jeremy, didn't one in the first squadron of those things to go to Iraq crash right after they got there? I think it was last year.

You guys can have em.

Our Chinooks are fast and reliable and I cant recall ever hearing of one crash other than the one that hotdog flared to hard coming into a carrier and ditched it over the side killing a bunch of guys.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:41 pm

It was pilot error. wasnt watching where he was going. The nice thing about the V22 is it will top 20,000 feet faster then any helo out there and will land almost anywere.

Trust me back when they first tested the CH46/47 they crashed a few before they got every thing worked out.

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:48 pm

JReed wrote:The nice thing about the V22 is it will top 20,000 feet faster then any helo out there and will land almost anywere.

That definately has some major advantages. All joking aside, if it can get us there quicker and safer I'd be all for it, but doubt it'll see Army use anytime soon. Any idea what the cruising speed is? Apparently the Chinook is supposed to be the fastest helo still.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:56 pm

in plane mode IIRC it tops 400 knots.
So far we are the only ones that will ever have it but things change.

Rustolium · Post by **Rustolium** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:53 am

We have them too! AIR POWER!

Warhawk · Post by **Warhawk** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:41 am

We're making them for the Air Force too.

(20 years at Boeing, since turning wreches for Uncle Sam's Air Force)

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:33 am

One visited Ft. Rucker last year and did a few demo laps around Cairns Army airfield

!

Post by **Hobie** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:24 am

I think every mechanical thing in the services has had some problems. We used to call the Blackhawks "Crashhawks" and so forth. I think they've got the Ospreys a going concern now.

nemhed · Post by **nemhed** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:29 am

What I don't understand is the disproportional amount of time,energy, and money spent to get these things operation and deployed. And yet the AH-1 Zulus we discussed recently are uprades of older aiframes. I don't know which is a better use of taxpayer money. Hopefully the Marines (and the rest of our armed forces)are getting what they need. As a former fixed wing guy, IMHO all rotorcraft tend fall out of the sky with annoying regularity, but that's just the cost of doing business.

OJ · Post by OJ » Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:12 pm

I'll bet it's a handful if one engine conks out -

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:54 pm

That thing ain't flyin, it's just so ugly the earth is rejecting it.

I don't care what they say. Give me a C-47 anyday.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:59 pm

Rusty wrote:That thing ain't flyin, it's just so ugly the earth is rejecting it.

I don't care what they say. Give me a C-47 anyday.

No helo really flies they just beat the air into submision.

I didnt know the air force was on board with them.

bj94 · Post by **bj94** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:14 pm

The tiltrotor has a linkage between the 2 sides so if one engine fails you still are able to turn both rotors. Otherwise I don't think it could fly with just one motor. Well maybe it could fly a little bit in airplane mode. My sister, now retired, worked at Bell when it was being developed so she knew a little bit about it.