A US military Osprey aircraft crashed off the coast of Japan’s Yakushima Island in southern Kagoshima prefecture on Wednesday, with eight people on board, according to a spokesperson from the Japan Coast Guard.
Because they’re complicated and prone to failure and aerodynamic issues. But they fill a niche of a VTOL C-2, or a Chinook with twice the range and half again as much velocity so they’re not going anywhere.
This shit again?
Why does it feel like the US Military has more Osprey incidents than there are car crashes involving Honda Civics?
These things make the Comanche attack helicopter look like proven technology.
Because they’re complicated and prone to failure and aerodynamic issues. But they fill a niche of a VTOL C-2, or a Chinook with twice the range and half again as much velocity so they’re not going anywhere.
Best part about the Osprey program? They decided it was a good enough idea to work on replacing the blackhawk with the Bell V-280 Valor VTOL.
Expect more VTOL crashes.