10
10
0
When I tell people I'm an MV-22 osprey crew chief I always get the typical response of "I hate flying on that thing." Me personally I love flying on the Osprey, even with the near miss I had flying. But what's everyone's else opinion on the Osprey?
Aviation
6176: Tiltrotor Crew Chief, MV-22
Airmen
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 17
5
5
0
The problem is that some hate it because it isn't a helicopter. It wasn't meant to be a helicopter. It has had problems, but what new technology hasn't? It has some incredible capabilities that need to be harnessed and used properly.
(5)
(0)
4
4
0
We had a long standing battle between the Marine BG at Tustin (Rotary) and the Marine Skipper at Yuma (Fixed). I rode with them up to McChord around '80-81, long before the Osprey. They argued the merits of one and the faults of the other. Just as we were on descent, the Fixed Wing Skipper said, I finally figured out how helicopters fly. The Tustin BG had a big smile on his face until the Yuma Skipper finished "They're so ugly, the ground rejects them". I won't go into the retaliation that occurred later that night but it did involve a hooker.
So for many of us who have never flown in one (I'd love to), they're just a bipolar aircraft. It can go either way and that can be upsetting to the purists out there. I've gone down in both types in my career and I can tell you there's a different terror associated with autorotation vs. a belly landing. So get used to it because the future will bring more of this stuff mainstream.
So for many of us who have never flown in one (I'd love to), they're just a bipolar aircraft. It can go either way and that can be upsetting to the purists out there. I've gone down in both types in my career and I can tell you there's a different terror associated with autorotation vs. a belly landing. So get used to it because the future will bring more of this stuff mainstream.
(4)
(0)
LtCol (Join to see)
Flew fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Made a believer out of a VERY senior jet jockey I was flying to Pendleton one day. Had engine problems and was able to land (autorotate) safely into a bean field.
(1)
(0)
(0)
(0)
3
3
0
I think people are jaded by some early "failures" and a misconception. It is overall a very powerful and amazing machine.
(3)
(0)
LCDR (Join to see)
From what I understand there is still some struggling to find it's place in combined operations. It's too slow to keep pace with jets and too fast to pace with helicopters.
(0)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google