V22
I would agree with those of you that state its neither a plank nor a Helo.
But, does it then have the vertues of the two or of none ....
From all the published figures I could see only speed is plus, all the other are minusses.
I am curious to see what deployment will bring. It think it is naif to think that a long strain of (re)tuning now suddenly will stop. Due to some intrinsic complexities in the design, I think its early to say how the enveloppe gains will materialize.
OFBSL, i like those monsters. Funny to see, when in a modern helo piezo tabs might be used to reduce BV interaction. I wonder what they will do to reduce rotor interaction. At least it might work on three rotors, that is perhaps an advantage...
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