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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX
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I'm assuming the tilt-rotor is tilted forward for show only? Any Osprey drivers want to confirm?
-ea6bflyr
I'm assuming the tilt-rotor is tilted forward for show only? Any Osprey drivers want to confirm?
-ea6bflyr
I'm wondering if there is a way to lock the props (rotors?) in that position. I can see a gust moving an airfoil that large.
Rotor brake? Most helos have a rotor brake and most turboprop aircraft have an automatic prop brakes....I'm wondering if there is a way to lock the props (rotors?) in that position. I can see a gust moving an airfoil that large.
-ea6bflyr
Harrier Dude
Living the dream
Rotor brake? Most helos have a rotor brake and all turboprop aircraft have an automatic prop brakes....
-ea6bflyr
Really? I'll have to go look up prop brake in my C-12 NATOPS.
707guy
"You can't make this shit up..."
I'm assuming they are like that for mx reasons. There were a couple of guys working on them earlier in the day. The Ospreys I've seen on static at airshows always have the engines tilted up on about a 45 degree angle. There must be a "brake" system involved though because it was pretty breezy out there.
I looked and the C-12 does not have a prop brake....I guess the slip rings and contacts act to slow down the prop during shutdown (along with feathering).
I'll change my statement to "most turboprops have a prop brake."
-ea6bflyr
Hey look it's the shithole that is Kajaki...thanks for the sparkles and overwatch gents. Been a busy deployment but definitely one for the books.
PS - Bastion doesn't have a TGI Fridays or a frekin boardwalk...
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