Cool TJ.

Osprey with jet engines :P
Nice one

the STOL Osprey? i wonder if it's more effective with the jet engines even with horizontal take offs

the jets tilt.

just like the normal osprey, just that it wont have the danger of large flying rotor blades?

yea.

Do they have to shut down the engines for loading/unloading?

n'really, just deflect the jetblast

any aircraft with side doors makes me happy

wait, there's more?


jet engines?
cool canopy?
side gunners??
Twin tail?!
OVERALL BADDASS LOOK!?!

i may just faint.

Downside of engines on wingtips, is that failure of one leads to a severe asymmetrical thrust vs drag situation with the remaining engine, that usually results in a fatal spin. The Osprey gets around this theoretically by an over complex transmission that allows either engine to run both rotors in the event of a single engine failure. There is no survivable outcome in a double engine failure in an Osprey in vertical or transitional flight. Rotors don't store enough energy to make an autorotation that is less than 3000fpm descent rate.

Almost looks like a dropship of somekind