[ARCHIVED THREAD] - V-280 Valor....Future Vertical Flight program

Posted: 7/13/2013 8:43:56 AM EDT

If it gets built, it looks like they will be brought to you by my friends at Bell Helicopter here in Ft Worth.

Looks like a Blackhawk and an Osprey did the nasty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1O3Onyas984

If somebody could embed this I'd appreciate it.

Posted: 7/13/2013 9:01:34 AM EDT

[#1]

It's better if you put it on mute.

Posted: 7/13/2013 9:02:05 AM EDT

[#2]

What's the point of the internal weapons bay?

Looks like a door gunner might be a liability to hit a prop.

ETA: The graphics look like they are straight out of 1998.

Posted: 7/13/2013 9:13:48 AM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:

What's the point of the internal weapons bay?

Looks like a door gunner might be a liability to hit a prop.

ETA: The graphics look like they are straight out of 1998.

Buzzkiller... Looks promising. Build it, and they will come...

Posted: 7/13/2013 9:18:26 AM EDT

[#4]

The fact that the entire nacelle doesn't rotate is a big advantage over the osprey.

Posted: 7/13/2013 9:22:04 AM EDT

[#5]

I could ride this one to retirement.

It'll be between this and the Sikorsky X 2. The tilt-rotors seem like a lower risk but Sikorsky is promising a low price, so time will tell.

Posted: 7/13/2013 9:23:13 AM EDT

[#6]

That's a really odd, Outside the Box promo video. Doesn't really rub me the right way.

I prefer a dry narrator rattling off some facts while they show a straight animation or actual film of the system. Making it look like a movie just doesn't sit right with me.

Posted: 7/13/2013 9:25:42 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
That's a really odd, Outside the Box promo video. Doesn't really rub me the right way.

I prefer a dry narrator rattling off some facts while they show a straight animation or actual film of the system. Making it look like a movie just doesn't sit right with me.

I thought it was quite stupid.

It'll be interesting to see where the other services go with tilt rotor technology.

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