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Old 26th Sep 2005, 17:51
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NickLappos
 
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It had done some great things, but the only one crashed twice, and was not rebuilt. Probably due to aeroelastic problems (the real technology leap that V22 had to make IMHO).

It is fundamentally a compound helicopter with a wing, but the 65,000 lb empty weight beast set the record with only (only?) 36,000 lbs of payload, indicating some pretty poor efficiencies, Dave.
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