This is my first time watching your channel. I very much enjoyed it. The structure is streamlined, the explanations are clear. The narration is well made. I've subbed and rang that bell. ✌️🙏
V-280 might be the official designation, at least for the prototypes. For the production aircraft it’s likely to be something like UV-280. For strike variants I think it’s more likely they would adopt a similar unmanned aircraft, which there has already been some early work on
The guy telling the story said it. It's a big shift to tilt rotors. To this you have to add that it is a bad shift any way you look at it. The V-22 Osprey killed US marines by the boatload. It also killed soldiers in other services. It was a dangerous technology. It still is. There is no guarantee that the V-280 Valor design can overcome the complexities at the base of any tilt rotor function. Just say no to tilt-rotor killing machines and go for faster longer range helicopters like the Defiant X.
There is "ONE THING", THE Black Hawk can do, that this "NEW" V.T.O.L. craft (V280Valor) cannot do, is, "Fly on one engine"! And there is, "NO WAY", to remedy, solve or mitigate this problem. If the Black Hawk were to loose an engine, for any reason, i.e. mechanical failure, or getting shot-out, it can still fly, conversely, if the V280Valor, looses an engine, it's toast, full stop. Cheers to Ye Matey!
If there is one thing you are wrong about it's that. The V-280 and the V-22 can fly on one engine since both are connected to each other so that if one fails the other can compensate.
If you want the "one thing" that these tiltrotors can't do that a classic rotor aircraft can: autorotate. Total engine failure in a Blackhawk still comes with the hope of a controlled landing, even if it's still a hard one. A tiltrotor in hover mode with no forward speed? forget it. You fall out of the sky.
@@jadefalcon001 Cracks knuckles. Lady's and Gentlemen I give you the most overuse used term in the aviation media. Created by those who know nothing of what they are talking about but instead of being mean I'll be teaching. Allow me to explain. Auto rotation works by using rotors like a parachute this can be done with either helicopters or Tiltrotors. However in order for Auto rotation to work you need two things. Altitude of at least 100Feet and speed. Now according to pilots and engineers Auto rotation only works if all the parts like the gearbox, rotor shaft and even tail rotor are still functional. Loose those and your odds of survival drop. Now according to a US Naval aviator. Autor rotation has never once been used in combat by the US since it's use of helicopters. The reason being is said pilots often operate at high speed at an altitude of around 50FT or less to avoid radar. Also bullets, cannons, missiles, rockets. All these things tend to hit the airframe causing damage making Auto rotation a further problem as well as the larger the chopper the harder for said system to work in general. Now is Auto rotation train and used, yes, but pilots still call it a controlled crash. Hence why helicopters in general have a crash rate of 9.85. While Tiltrotors have a crash rate of 3.45 making tiltrotors more reliable and safer then even fixed wing planes which are at 5.3. Source USAF and USMC. Thank you and have a good Sunday.
It's a lot safer than the osprey since it doesn't have the center gear box, which caused most crashes. They actually have a civilian version of this that is going through type certification now.
What are you talking about? All the new technological breakthroughs have a checkered past. Even the Black Hawk before it reached full maturity was known as the “Crash Hawk” In the process of real world training and pilot error things are going to happen.
This is my first time watching your channel.
I very much enjoyed it.
The structure is streamlined, the explanations are clear.
The narration is well made.
I've subbed and rang that bell. ✌️🙏
One hell of a machine
이건 스콜피온 건쉽의 현실 판 아니냐? 쩌네.
An aircraft with two rotors, can it fly when one of the rotors is damaged?
Well....until you gravitic drive in mil/commercial craft this is about the best bad idea we have. Range + speed + capacity ... not a bad combination.
If it doesn’t fold, how does it get transported half way around the world into a potential combat zone?
The aircraft can self deploy, send all the ancillary items via regular mil cargo
Looks like a Blackhawk and an Osprey had a kid.
Does anyone know what naming convention will the U.S. Army use for the V-280? Any chance Bell will make a Cobrized version of the Bell V-280?
V-280 might be the official designation, at least for the prototypes. For the production aircraft it’s likely to be something like UV-280.
For strike variants I think it’s more likely they would adopt a similar unmanned aircraft, which there has already been some early work on
@@andrewreynolds4949 I saw that one called the Vigilante
@@andrewreynolds4949 I hope they choose Comanche as the production name. I think the unmanned version is call Vigilante
They already have that design baked in to the airframe.
Waiting on announcement of the designation and popular name. They're gonna make an attack version.
I took the aircraft is the most risky aircraft you can put out there after all the problems they have with the Osprey you think they wouldn’t do this
Hope it isnt a crew killer like the osprey
The guy telling the story said it. It's a big shift to tilt rotors. To this you have to add that it is a bad shift any way you look at it. The V-22 Osprey killed US marines by the boatload. It also killed soldiers in other services. It was a dangerous technology. It still is. There is no guarantee that the V-280 Valor design can overcome the complexities at the base of any tilt rotor function. Just say no to tilt-rotor killing machines and go for faster longer range helicopters like the Defiant X.
Biggest reason it isn't as complex is it doesn't have to fit on a ship...
They stole a clip from the movie "Blackhawk Down" at 1:19.
Boooo! Not a fan of tilt-rotor aircraft.
There is "ONE THING", THE Black Hawk can do, that this "NEW" V.T.O.L. craft (V280Valor) cannot do, is, "Fly on one engine"! And there is, "NO WAY", to remedy, solve or mitigate this problem. If the Black Hawk were to loose an engine, for any reason, i.e. mechanical failure, or getting shot-out, it can still fly, conversely, if the V280Valor, looses an engine, it's toast, full stop. Cheers to Ye Matey!
If there is one thing you are wrong about it's that. The V-280 and the V-22 can fly on one engine since both are connected to each other so that if one fails the other can compensate.
@@Predator42ID You point is well taken, thank you; by the by, "I looked it up", and you are correct, this time. 🤣🤣🤣
If you want the "one thing" that these tiltrotors can't do that a classic rotor aircraft can: autorotate.
Total engine failure in a Blackhawk still comes with the hope of a controlled landing, even if it's still a hard one.
A tiltrotor in hover mode with no forward speed? forget it. You fall out of the sky.
@@jadefalcon001 Cracks knuckles.
Lady's and Gentlemen I give you the most overuse used term in the aviation media. Created by those who know nothing of what they are talking about but instead of being mean I'll be teaching. Allow me to explain.
Auto rotation works by using rotors like a parachute this can be done with either helicopters or Tiltrotors.
However in order for Auto rotation to work you need two things. Altitude of at least 100Feet and speed.
Now according to pilots and engineers Auto rotation only works if all the parts like the gearbox, rotor shaft and even tail rotor are still functional. Loose those and your odds of survival drop.
Now according to a US Naval aviator. Autor rotation has never once been used in combat by the US since it's use of helicopters. The reason being is said pilots often operate at high speed at an altitude of around 50FT or less to avoid radar.
Also bullets, cannons, missiles, rockets. All these things tend to hit the airframe causing damage making Auto rotation a further problem as well as the larger the chopper the harder for said system to work in general.
Now is Auto rotation train and used, yes, but pilots still call it a controlled crash.
Hence why helicopters in general have a crash rate of 9.85.
While Tiltrotors have a crash rate of 3.45 making tiltrotors more reliable and safer then even fixed wing planes which are at 5.3. Source USAF and USMC.
Thank you and have a good Sunday.
@Predator42ID Thanks a lot for providing those details!
Well at least they didn't go with the Boeing monstrosity.
The army wants a lot more crashes then.
It's a lot safer than the osprey since it doesn't have the center gear box, which caused most crashes. They actually have a civilian version of this that is going through type certification now.
You need to watch the part at 8:01 again.
What are you talking about? All the new technological breakthroughs have a checkered past. Even the Black Hawk before it reached full maturity was known as the “Crash Hawk” In the process of real world training and pilot error things are going to happen.
Huh?!