That was an entertaining podcast, thanks!
“Helicopter: A thousand moving parts looking for a place to crash”
😂
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.
I’m not able to find it in the video linked below right now, but if I remember correctly, helicopter programs are pretty deadly in general. The Apache and other helicopters had a bunch of crashes when they were introduced, they just have had much longer to work out all the problems. But I don’t remember what the exact failure rate comparison is, especially since you’d need to adjust for fight hours. The Osprey is definitely pretty complex with it’s folding wings and rotors.
