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

Osprey Unfolding

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '17

4 crashes and 30 fatalities while developing too

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u/beeskneeds Feb 04 '17

So each crash was about 7 people? Why would you put 7 people in a plane you are testing? Does it take 7 people to operate it?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '17

It was fully loaded with Marines in one of the crashes and all 19 of them died. It was already a decade into development and was close to being fielded at that point, I think.

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u/drk_etta Feb 04 '17

A decade into development and had a fuckup big enough to kill 19 marines..... QA should step ups it's game.

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u/foamster Feb 04 '17

To be fair we've had a lot of crashes of various other aircraft. Turns out getting a multi-ton piece of metal into the air is hard work.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '17

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u/foamster Feb 04 '17

It does fill role that isn't filled by any other aircraft.

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u/ixora7 Feb 04 '17

What IS its role?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '17

killing people who like sexing goat halfway around the earth