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/

Is that an African or European Swallow...I mean, Osprey?

Will it be carrying a coconut?

They might call the USMC for a hand. 53K has a 36k hook.

Empty weight listed as 15 tons, engines are about half a ton each. Either with or without I reckon a CH-53 would just about manage it at sea level at a sensible temperature.

Looks like it has been part stripped?

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....933e7468a.jpeg
Perhaps our Ukranian friends have one of these they can borrow?

Recovery in progress: Google Translate Article (dagbladet.no)

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....dc0795ea65.jpg

Was that website named by Yosemite Sam?

Gamecock......now you done it!

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....50dfc8880.jpeg
It´s afloat

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

Guess: The liftingpoints in use are on the wing, and perhaps they are rated for use only with the wing in flight position?

I was wondering the same thing. Is it possible that in order to access the lifting points the wings need to be in the normal position?

Makes you wonder what the failure was that cannot be repaired in the field?

isn’t it that the fleet is grounded so can’t fly out regardless of any repairs?

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.

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

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....c3e9d9858.jpeg
Arrived at Bardufoss AB by road today.

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.