V-22 Osprey – future or failure?

V-22 Osprey is the American multi-purpose tiltrotor aircraft, created by Bell and Boeing in the late 1980s.
The V-22 is a tiltrotor convertiplane – an aircraft capable of flying both as a helicopter and as an airplane, switching from mode to mode by changing the configuration of its power plant (turning the propellers). This allows it to combine the maneuverability and vertical flight capabilities of helicopters with the range, altitude and speed of airplanes.
The aircraft was created in the 1980s to meet the US military's need for a vehicle capable of vertical takeoff and landing, but with the speed and range of an airplane. The main executor of the project was the Bell company, which developed this topic since the 1950s and implemented 2 projects: XV-3 and XV-15.
The V-22 program has become one of the biggest breakthroughs in the industry, which has brought both outstanding results and serious problems with the cost of the machines, their operation and safety.
At the moment, the V-22 is the first and only serial representative of this type of machines. However, several more military and civilian projects, conceptually similar to the V-22, are already at different stages of implementation.

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00:00 – V-22
00:44 – Ancestors and developments
02:30 – The Great Iranian Fiasco
04:32 – The JVX program
07:29 – Description
09:29 – Propellers and wing folding
10:00 – Controls, Cockpit, Cabin
11:25 – The armament
12:23 – The powerplant
14:29 – Muscle cars
16:13 – Refuel
17:07 – First flights
19:00 – Rewards and performance
20:04 – A cost of power
23:40 – Production and improvements
25:08 – Service
28:31 – Outcome

[baomao]

The development of the V22 is like the development history of the helicopter itself. The whole concept is just so “unnatural” that only sheer will and prolonged expenditure could traverse “enough” failure modes to enable receipt of some of the rewards. But the cost was high - both in $$ and in lives. An impressive piece of engineering.

[theasianchannel]

it's always a good day every time sky publish a video.

[gbixby]

My Bird! The first project I worked on out of Engineering school!

No special insights to add other than a few bugs in the pilot interfaces in which I helped with fixes.

Moved on to other projects a few years in, but I'll always consider it mine. Thanks Eng for looking at it!

[andyharman]

I was an engineering co-op at Allison in the early 1980's and remember when the proposal for the T-406 engine was developed. Allison had gotten into the competition late, and when their proposal was tendered it blew the other ones out of the water.
I've followed the V22 program since then, and am glad that the technology is established. The tiltrotor concept fills a hole in capability between fixed and rotary wing aircraft, and it took blood, tears, toil, and sweat to make it happen. It took basically 20 years of development to reach initial fielding in 2005 and another 9 years of in-use maturation before the V22 reached full acceptance.

And thanks to Skyships Eng for pointing out that the T-406 was originally created by Allison.

[Melody_Raventress]

A year and a half ago I saw a few of these. 10 minutes before I saw them, just this steadily growing rumble, until a half dozen of them in 3x2 formation burst out of the low cloud cover and roared overhead. Absolutely fantastic.

[grumpyoldstudios]

I got to see the XV-15 fly in the early 80's. Great video.

[noalear]

The Osprey is as old as I am and I've been as fan of it basically my entire life. I somehow never knew it wasn't really used for the first 25 years of its life and figured it was approaching the end. I am overjoyed to learn that it will likely be around for many, many more years. I'm also a fan of Star Citizen and it just occurred to me that my unreasonably intense passion for the Drake Cutlass Black is probably because its effectively the fictional great-grandchild of the Osprey.

[JonathanEzor]

Thanks for this! I'm stunned you've never covered the Osprey before.

[jsvno]

Fantastic YouTube channel folks - for aviators.

[Cartmanbrraaa]

15:36 Great video.Keep up the good work.Just a notice, the CH-53E and K have 3 engines each, not 2

[Juandinggong]

Working on 53e was a painful experience that I will never going to forget!!

[MacDaddy]

Saw 3 of these fly over my house not 2 hours ago. Absolutely amazing aircraft

[icare]

Great video. As the v22 matures and refined, it will continue to increase safety, performance and reliability.

[timaz]

Another very informative video. Keep up the great work.

[Shaun_Jones]

Reading these comments has made me understand LazerPig’s response to being asked to make a video on the Osprey: “Oh, dear God! I’m not touching that fucking thing with a barge pole!” The flame war in the comments of that video would make his T-14 video look civil.

[bholdr----]

This is very comprehensive and (as far as I can tell) unbiased and honest... This, imo, goes beyond the standard military channels' reviews and simple factual descriptions, and has moved into Journalism... Good journalism! (Better than most such reviews, analysis, etc, anyway!

Cheers! (And, keep up the good work!)

[texasranger]

The Osprey was a good design. Basically what the V280 is today.
Then the military demanded the wings to be shorter than optimal, the wings to be able to be turned for aircraft carrier storage, and the list goes on.
Given the amount of subobtimal decisions the V-22 has to deal with it's doing ok. Not great, but the requirement changes prohibited greatness. But at least now we can call it versatile instead of great, and pretend like compromises are a success.

[imsteevin]

Just saw one of these fly over i40 in vertical mode outside Amarillo on the 26th!

[Saml]

The qualification necessary to pilot a tiltrotor falls under an entirely different category than airplane or helicopter, its called powered lift. Thats also the category the evtols fall under.

[jarheadcharlie]

The CH-53E and K have 3 engines... that's the reason there is a third engine exhaust sticking out the back left side behind the rotor.