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Old 14th Jul 2009, 15:52
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Jolly Green
 
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It's been done in the V-22. Both rotors rotate so that as the prop strikes the runway the pieces go away from the fuselage. The proprotors are designed to 'broomstraw' or disintegrate into small lightweight pieces as they impact. On an early test flight the engines wouldn't rotate so they landed in airplane configuration. Worked just as planned.
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