I believe that was from around the mid 80's. It was suppose to take off veritcally then once in forward flight, the jet engines would take over and the rotor would stop, locked in one position and help with lift. I never saw one actually achieve this.
Shawn
01-28-2003 Over year old.
Steve_JR Veteran Location: Gainesville, FL
There is a reason we have the Osprey now... -Steve
well zap zap zippie ie ie zoooooo
01-28-2003 Over year old.
Malorie Elite Veteran Location: Paw squared, MI
I thought this thing looked awsome though. I would love to see a few other views of it.
Isaiahsdad Senior Heliman Location: Midwest City, Oklahoma
The theory behind this craft is to lift off like a helicopter then transition into forward flight. Once in forward flight the main rotors stop and 'park' in the shape of an x. The concept is for a sub sonic flight from a rotory wing aircraft. If this works it will revolutionise the way helicopters fly. It has been under development since the mid 80's.
BladeRunner Elite Veteran Location: Ontario Canada. Member of "some sort" s
I used to have a link with 3 view drawings and specs to something very similar to this....I think it was called the "Carter Copter" or something along those lines.......It was all or mostly composites and had four place seating Found it.....check this out!! http://www.cartercopters.com/
01-29-2003 Over year old.
Tom DeWinter Veteran Location: Quad Cities, IL
I watched the CarterCopter fly at Oshkosh last summer. I didn't find it all that impressive.
Tom
01-29-2003 Over year old.
corey11 Elite Veteran Location: Bay Area, California
what ever the hell it is..if the engine dies, you can do an auto, or just fly it down
if im not mistaken,(which i could be) the last i heard they grounded the ospreys.. unexplained power loss.. ill have to do some digging to see if i can find anything to back this up.. but im pretty sure they are grounded tho.... hmmm
HERE YA GO.. CHECK OUT THIS PAGE TO READ ABOUT IT!!
OSPREY NEWS
Jagboy69 Key Veteran Location: Lake Mary, Florida (20 mins East of Orlando)
True jim.. the osprey was grounded for awhile.. (killing too many marines .. but they haven't given up hope on that flying POS.. Boeing said they have suffered minor (like they were really minor) setbacks and will give the military the product they purchased.... I am just glad I dont have to fly on it...
I would love to see a few other views of it.
jim
.. but they haven't given up hope on that flying POS.. Boeing said they have suffered minor (like they were really minor) setbacks and will give the military the product they purchased.... I am just glad I dont have to fly on it...
