Tony Peden writes: > > --- Jim Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmm....that should thin the ranks down on Wall St even more. It's > > hard to > > imagine they are selling civilian versions while there's talk about > > nixing the > > Osprey because of safety concerns. Well maybe not that hard. IMHO > > that thing > > even "looks" dangerous :-) > > More dangerous than a helicopter? That fixed wing makes me feel better > about it. I wonder if gliding in that thing is any better than > autorotation in a helicopter ... > > It sounds like avoiding the "vortex ring state" is doable but will > likely require a fair amount of training (and possibly some control law > mods)
I think the big danger is at landing or takeoff. If you lose an engine or have any sort of mechanical failure on a single side, you are going to hit hard at some really odd angle. At least with a helicopter you are probably going to land butt first and might have a chance to try an autorotation. Curt. -- Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
