Osprey grounded on an Island.
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Osprey grounded on an Island.
Does anyone know the empty weight / mass of an Osprey?
Strange story I just came across.
Can it be too difficult to strip it down to a weight that a Chinook could lift?
https://www.airlive.net/an-u-s-ospre...mpossible/amp/
Strange story I just came across.
Can it be too difficult to strip it down to a weight that a Chinook could lift?
https://www.airlive.net/an-u-s-ospre...mpossible/amp/
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Does anyone know the empty weight / mass of an Osprey?
Strange story I just came across.
Can it be too difficult to strip it down to a weight that a Chinook could lift?
https://www.airlive.net/an-u-s-ospre...mpossible/amp/
Strange story I just came across.
Can it be too difficult to strip it down to a weight that a Chinook could lift?
https://www.airlive.net/an-u-s-ospre...mpossible/amp/
Will it be carrying a coconut?
Does anyone know the empty weight / mass of an Osprey?
Strange story I just came across.
Can it be too difficult to strip it down to a weight that a Chinook could lift?
https://www.airlive.net/an-u-s-ospre...mpossible/amp/
Strange story I just came across.
Can it be too difficult to strip it down to a weight that a Chinook could lift?
https://www.airlive.net/an-u-s-ospre...mpossible/amp/
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Gamecock......now you done it!
How come in post #7 the wings and props are folded but in post #11 the wings and props are spread?
Surely the recovery would be a lot easier when it was a smaller package?
Richard
Surely the recovery would be a lot easier when it was a smaller package?
Richard
Makes you wonder what the failure was that cannot be repaired in the field?
A one time ferry permit would be reasonable.
Recall the USN and USMC did not ground their Fleets as did the USAF and have quite a few more of the Aircraft than does the USAF.
The hard engagement issue has been known since 2010 or so.
Recall the USN and USMC did not ground their Fleets as did the USAF and have quite a few more of the Aircraft than does the USAF.
The hard engagement issue has been known since 2010 or so.
Last edited by SASless; 27th Sep 2022 at 23:36.
Probably find the damage done during the repair would have been more damage than how they retrieved it. If you had to drain oil and fuel and it takes 1 uncontained leak. People having to live and move around damaging the flora. Probably need some material handling vehicles. Field repairs can be bloody awful, I wasn't involved but remember talking to someone who was involved in a full field replacement of an engine on a chinook in rural WA (western australia) it was a pretty large exercise and it wasn't any enviormental issues. Just a long way from anywhere, something like 4 hours drive from the nearest pub
I never realised the wings could "fold" on the Osprey. Amazing the engineering that went into that airframe to make it as small as possible when necessary.