Re: Back to the V-22 turkey

Vince Brannigan wrote:

>
> The CSAR and Special operations requirements are simply not relevant
> to the Marine mission.

Except that these profiles are almost exactly the same profile that the
marines actually plan to execute in OMFTS. And they aren't exactly new,
similar profiles have been part of MEU(SOC) misison requirements for years
(for special ops read amphibious raid; for CSAR, read TRAP, but the mission
profiles are very similar)

>
> I'm also still waiting for any proof that the Osprey has carried slung
> military cargo in horizontal flight at full speed

And you never will, because sling loads aren't carried at maximum speed.
This isn't unique to Osprey; in helos you're lucky to manage 60 knots with a
sling load.
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