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From: crowl@cs.rochester.edu (Lawrence Crowl)
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Subject: Re: Osprey and ASW
Keywords: Osprey V22 ASW
Message-ID: <1991Apr12.055524.14902@amd.com>
Date: 11 Apr 91 03:18:28 GMT
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From: crowl@cs.rochester.edu (Lawrence Crowl)


In article <1991Apr9.030457.2549@amd.com>
anderson@tybalt.caltech.edu (Eric R. Anderson) writes:
>  From a Bell/Boeing sheet on the "SV-22 as subkiller":
>
>  Length, aircraft mode:     57.9 ft     Span, rotors turning:      84.6 ft
>  Length, stowed:            62.6 ft     Width, stowed:	     18.4 ft
>  Cruise, normal:            240 kn      Dash speed:                275 kn
>  Max mission radius:        660 nmi     Max mission endurance:     3.9 hrs

My memory of helicopter capabilities is murky at best, but these capabilities
do not seem much better than a conventional helicopter.  I was under the
impression that a decent "jetcopter" got about 200 kn, etc.  How much better
than a helicopter is the "SV-22"?  Is a machine "25% more capability" worth
the increased cost and space?  Is there an effective "performance test" one
could apply to the "SV-22"?
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