In article ,
(Henry J. Cobb) wrote:

I don't see any mention that they ever actually went into full vortex
ring state.

What they need to do is send an unmanned Osprey up to say 10k feet,
put it into VRS and have it automatically recover until the software
is solid.

Then you don't have to worry about the pilot reacting in time, the
aircraft will rotate the engines forward and scoot out of trouble on
it's own.

....and it will be the only rotary wing aircraft on the planet with the
capability to get out of VRS on its own...

....except for the occasional tendency to suddenly fly straight forward
and into whatver obstacles are in front of it...

Of course, you really have to drop the Osprey down fast, under very
specific conditions, to get into VRS to begin with, and the easy way to
not get into it is to not drop the thing to the ground quite as fast.

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