Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey

omg how many ft/min climb rate?

Sam Fishers (splinter cell) bird of choice, eh? hehehe whata nice plane

Ahhhh...is that music in the background from "Raiders of the Lost Ark"? Interesting combo... As for the Osprey itself, it IS an interesting idea. Apparently the Navy's trying to get them for Special Ops insertions, we'll see how well that goes...

That sounds like a major flaw in a combat aircraft, and the there doesn't appear to be enough lift in those short wings for it to glide either. Yikes!

How? I've never heard of any kind of aircraft, combat or not that can "tie" its engines together. As for lift, you're right they don't generate much lift and no, it probably wouldn't glide very far - but neither can a helicopter such as the Chinook...

A helicopter has a better chance of making a landing with it's damaged engine than an Osprey with one of it's engines compromised. The V22's stability is in it's balanced lifting force.

Mikey. An interconnecting drive shaft transfers power from each nacelle to a mid-wing gearbox. In the event that one engine fails, power will be equally distributed to both sides and the aircraft will continue to fly.

OK, I've done some research and I stand corrected! I was under the impression the two engines were entirely seperate, and quite frankly I'm glad to be proven wrong, as it means my greatest concern for the Osprey is unfounded. :) Other than that I've always thought it's a fantastic piece of engineering!

haha your wrong, read wikipedia, they say it can glide as a plan if engines both fail but read this - 'A complete loss of power would require the failure of both engines, as a drive shaft connects the nacelles through the wing; one engine can power both propellers' Quite clearly you can survive with just one engine

my grandfather created the props for this airplane