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From: scameron@blake.acs.washington.edu (Scott Cameron)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: V22 Osprey / XV-15
Keywords: Tiltrotor forced landings
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Date: 13 Nov 89 16:11:27 GMT
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From: scameron@blake.acs.washington.edu (Scott Cameron)


>From what I recall after seeing the NASA tiltrotor prototype, the engines
had to be maintained at a positive angle (15 degrees or so?) at all times
when the aircraft was on the ground, in order for the props to clear the
surface, so normal takeoffs and landings were made with the engines tilted
up.  I would think that a belly landing in an Osprey would be a lot more 
pleasant than the same maneuver in, say, a C-130, since you could crank the
rotors back and come in at a reduced touchdown speed.

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