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> If you lose power you're going straight down and probably tumbling out of control. The Osprey has a really nasty habit of doing this. A number of them have c
by ashtonkem 6y ago
> If you lose power you're going straight down and probably tumbling out of control.
The Osprey has a really nasty habit of doing this. A number of them have crash landed upside down from relatively low altitudes, which is a very bad thing.
- nradov 6y agoYou're referring to a vortex ring state, which can hit helicopters flying low and slow. It has nothing to do with surviving an engine failure in a powered lift aircraft.
- ashtonkem 6y agoVortex ring states in multi-engine VTOL aircraft have the unpleasant tendency to flip the aircraft over, which is markedly worse than being up right at least.