Osprey said to be performing well in Iraq
By: MARK WALKER - Staff Writer
Nearly two months after the controversial Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft began flying in Iraq, a Marine Corps official said this week that no significant problems have emerged for the much-troubled aircraft.

"They have been moving troops and supplies with ease," Maj. Eric Dent at Marine Corps headquarters at the Pentagon said in response to an inquiry from the North County Times. "There have been no significant maintenance issues."
The Osprey's performance is closely watched by Marine Corps officials and critics of the hybrid aircraft, which takes off and lands like a helicopter and flies like an airplane at more than 400 mph with tilt-rotor propellers.
The Osprey and its tortured development were the subject of a Time magazine cover story last month, which noted the Marine Corps had spent $20 billion developing the aircraft and that 30 lives were lost during training missions before it was put into service.

Full story
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007...7811_22_07.txt

so far so good...

depends on how and when they move.

Originally Posted by Team Infidel

depends on how and when they move.

Infidel whats your views on the Osprey? I want to hear from someone first hand, who has dealt with a V22-Osprey. It seems like a good idea, but it has also shown itself to have flaws.
"Crashing"

Infidel do you have any knowledge about the Osprey you wish to share, i would love to hear your views.

Here is a interesting article about the Osprey:
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...g-shame-03930/
http://www.time.com/time/politics/ar...665835,00.html

haven't dealt with it first hand, but i know that they are probably only using it on missions of very low threat. it's a numbers game. flight hours vs. maintenance issues, etc. of course low threat would be to fly at night. Easy=Easy = good reports. I would like to know if the inserted Marines into a "hot" LZ.

I don't think it can be. When it takes off and lands it's a sitting duck.

Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

I don't think it can be. When it takes off and lands it's a sitting duck.

Just like the helicopters it is replacing.

No I mean, even more so.
I think helicopters can land and take off faster than this thing can.

Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

No I mean, even more so.
I think helicopters can land and take off faster than this thing can.

You may be right, but besides that. Look at the airframe and the record it already has, not to good.

V-22 crashes have claimed the lives of 30 men — 10 times the lunar program's toll — all before the plane has seen combat.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...v-22-specs.htm