This Roll Off thing got me to thinking....which is dangerous.
If the requirement is to avoid being within the 5-7 arc and stay further than than 250 feet from the lead aircraft.....just how big does a two Ship LZ have to be? Or....say a Six Ship where you are trying to land a sizable number of troops on the ground in a single quick Insert?
If we consider the AFSOC mission....part of which the MH-53's used to do being given to the Army's 160th Night Stalker Chinooks.....was part of that decision to shift some of the mission tasking driven by this consideration?
Also....if the wake/prop rotor turbulence is so strong that another Osprey can experience a loss of control and be upset by that disturbed air....does a height above ground minimum need to be determined much along the lines of an airspeed/ROD warning as is given for A-VRS?
Any idea what the max rearward speed of the Osprey is?