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Appologize, however, I am merely a butter-bar in Primary and therefore cant really speak intelligently about the aerodynamic characteristics, payload capacity comparison, range comparison, or what it could mean for the helo community other than the obvious - speed. That's is why I chose to not say anything and leave it to the aviators to voice their experience based opinions.
This is a new concept like the Osprey was and I figured I would foster a discussion to see what the fan base (no pun) thinks.
I will put my thoughts in the post next time.
Speaking of concepts, I would like to see if a slimmed down attack version of the V-22 would be plausible. Jet engines instead of props, tandem pilot arrangement. I know that the -22s already scorch the grass when in idle, so jet engines could cause some serious problems everywhere, if left in the vertical position. Just wondering though.
How would you free up the wing space for armament? That's a lot of area to leave out.Slimmed-down, yes. Jet instead of of prop, no. At least not easily. Remember that the proprotors also serve as control surfaces at high nacelle settings, with the rotordiscs tilting just like a helicopter's to manuever. To move about the same way with jet engines would require some monstrous thrust vectoring, and would probably be very inefficient.
How would you free up the wing space for armament? That's a lot of area to leave out.
What about a combination of the Harrier's thrust nozzle system? Each engine then has a main rear nozzle and a pair of the Harrier's type on them as well, leaving three ways to adjust. It would be too much for one to do without a computer, but I guess everything is that way now.