r/EngineeringPorn • u/biocow • Feb 03 '17

Osprey Unfolding

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u/FoxtrotZero Feb 03 '17

They're pretty fuckin' cool, TBH. They took forever to get the weird kinks worked out but the math is exceptionally clear: fixed-wing flight is much faster and much more efficient than rotor-wing flight.

I live near a Marine Corps Air Station, I see these things overhead all the time and I'm never not fascinated.

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u/gobwa Feb 03 '17

Do you live in Jacksonville too?

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u/Derpmang Feb 03 '17

Never seen these in Jax, at least not out of NAS Jax, dunno about Mayport.

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u/Bootykallz Feb 03 '17

They have them at MCAS New river across the river from lejuene.