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- Tilt-Rotor Aircraft -
- V-22 Image A - V-22 Image B - V-22 Image C -
ORIGIN: (Real World)
United States of America
OPERATORS:
Erusian Military
GAMES FEATURED IN:
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
WEAPONS:
1x rear-mounted machine gun
* There are plans for a belly-mounted gun in development
VARIANTS:
V-22B (AC3)
OVERVIEW:
The Osprey is a joint service, multi-mission military aircraft . It is designed to perform VTOL missions like a conventional helicopter while also having the long-range cruise abilities of a twin turboprop aircraft. Having made its first operational (deployed to a theater of war) flight in April of 2007, after years of intense controversy and fatal crashes, this multi-mission tilt-rotor aircraft is capable of taking on many missions that fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft would be assigned to, despite an extremely limited defensive or offensive firepower capability.
The Osprey is the world's first production tilt rotor aircraft with a 38 ft (12 m) rotor, engine, and transmission nacelle mounted on each wing tip. It typically operates as a helicopter with its nacelles vertical (rotors horizontal) for takeoff and landing. Once airborne, the nacelles rotate forward 90 degrees in as little as 12 seconds for horizontal flight, converting the V-22 to a high-speed, fuel-efficient turboprop airplane. STOL, rolling-takeoff and landing capability is achieved by having the nacelles tilted forward up to 45 degrees. The V-22 also has a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability. For compact storage aboard a ship, the wing rotates (about the z-axis), and the prop rotors fold in.
SOURCES:
Ace Combat 04 (In-game data)
Wikipedia.org - V-22 Osprey
* Original Article by: "Shadow Assasin"
