I really wish the MIT crowd would (Lincoln Labs, Mitre, et al) would spend more time telling the generals what they don't want to hear: that the Osprey is a fuc

I really wish the MIT crowd would (Lincoln Labs, Mitre, et al) would spend more time telling the generals what they don't want to hear: that the Osprey is a fucking widow-maker and they should invest in more traditional helicopters and light aircraft. Props aren't sexy but they don't melt the tarmac, set the lawn on fire, they don't have nacelle fires, they don't blow the LZ away (1) and they don't have the transient wash conditions where there's literally no way generate sufficient lift near the ground. Look for all the "hard landings" they use to avoid declaring class A mishaps (2). Oh, and it can't land in sandy conditions. Literally they have to secure the LZ and then hose it down before they can "assault" it. Boeing's military group has a culture that is seriously problematic when it comes to profit vs safety, and frankly safety vs performance. (1) https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40289/watch-this-cv-22-ospreys-rotor-downwash-absolutely-demolish-a-hospitals-helipad https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40289/watch-this-cv-22... (2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_V-22_Osprey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involv...