The Black Hawk Successor: BELL V-280 VALOR Built for the Warfighter
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- The Bell V-280 Valor tilt-rotor craft to replace the Army's 2,000 UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters and 1,200 AH-64 Apache assault helicopters. The new development contract for the Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program is part of the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR TD) program that was initiated in 2013 to design, build, and flight test prototype candidates to replace the Army's current inventory of utility and long-range assault rotorcraft.
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Very advanced VTOL in the Earth....!
Right now the 280 Valor is using General Electric T64 turboshaft engines, but the production 280 Valor will use the more powerful Rolls Royce T64-GE-419 engines which will allow more lift and a faster speed of 345 Knots.
In triple canopy jungles, desert sandstorms, etc... ??
How is this supposed to land in small areas, like a clearing in a forest? That's the whole point of a utility helicopter is it not?
Isn’t this a version of the Osprey?
The significant difference is that in this design the engines don’t turn, just the propellor and drive shafts tilt, while in the V22 Osprey the entire engine nacelle does.
@@militaryhighlights3206 I thought it was one of the earlier proposals. But yes still works. I bet it’s a maintenance issue that made them approve this route. Less moving parts.
@@Robisme I think bell or boeing had a design with fixed engines for the osprey back in the day as well, but they decided to go with tilting engines for some reason.