Some thoughts on the contents of this thread...
So if the V-22 had a compressor stall that means a big fire ball shot out of the engine which is usually caused by too high an angle of attack? Or am I thinking of somthing else? I bet it's pretty trick to fly the Osprey with an engine out!
That is really not what a compressor stall generally looks like, especially not in a turboshaft aircraft, like any type of rotorcraft. I've had compressor stalls in every aircraft I've flown in EXCEPT the V-22. They are nothing to wig out over. Yes, you need to land to be "better safe than sorry," but they're hardly unusual, and generally not spectacular. Generally nothing more than a coughing sound in the engine and a hiccup on the gouges. Also, they aren't due to high AOA in the sense it's generally understood. They're caused by localized high AOA in the airflow in a portion of the compressor, which is not related to the AOA of the aircraft. This can be caused by ice interrupting airflow, damage to rotors or stators, etc.
It's not a trick at all to fly the Osprey with an engine out. In APLN it has tons of excess power. Depending on load, VTOL flying may be limited by lack of power, but that's true of any rotorcraft.
Instructor said that they had to trash the engine. Anyone have any more info?
Again, a compressor stall is not unique to any aircraft. A "remove and replace" on an engine is not unusual anywhere, and doesn't mean they "trashed" it. They send them back to the factory, and the factory fixes it up.
anyone know if the V-22 is capable of looping or barrel rolling??
I'm told it has barrel rolled back in the early testing days. It can be looped in the sim, but I don't think that's been tried in real life. Both manuevers are in excess of NATOPS limits, as they were for the 53.
That is really damn cool. I got a question, how do y'all do Advanced? Do you do both helo and prop pipelines, or is it it's own separate pipeline?
Advanced is a combination of an abbreviated helo syllabus and an abbreviated C-12/maritime-type syllabus.
JetJunkie said:
No.
"Oh Ma Gawd" is right....
Some of your bretheren gave up their lives in the one above.
No, not in that one, actually.