Will the V-22 Osprey be a harder RPG target?

Will the increased cruising speed of the Osprey make it a better bet
for going downtown in the third world than the current fleet of
helicopters?

-HJC

(Henry J. Cobb) writes:

Will the increased cruising speed of the Osprey make it a better bet
for going downtown in the third world than the current fleet of
helicopters?

It will be a harder target because it doesn't stay in the air long
enough to get a good shot....

--
G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan

"Henry J. Cobb" wrote in message
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Will the increased cruising speed of the Osprey make it a better bet
for going downtown in the third world than the current fleet of
helicopters?

-HJC

Well speed is life as they say, and with the engines on the wing tips away
from the body, a hit in one engine my be survivable. (The engines and props
are connected). I will have to bring this subject the next time I see some
jarhead zommies at the club.

Red Ride

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 23:03:53 +0900, Gernot Hassenpflug
wrote:

(Henry J. Cobb) writes:

Will the increased cruising speed of the Osprey make it a better bet
for going downtown in the third world than the current fleet of
helicopters?

It will be a harder target because it doesn't stay in the air long
enough to get a good shot....

It will still have to come to a hover to drop off troops, and will
still be a target.

John Hairell )

(Henry J. Cobb) wrote in message . com...
Will the increased cruising speed of the Osprey make it a better bet
for going downtown in the third world than the current fleet of
helicopters?

-HJC

Seems to me that of course a faster moving target is harder to hit,
but there are many significant factors specific to the V-22, other
than speed, that affect the Pk of a missile. Much larger size,
vulnerable driveshaft connecting the rotors, higher cruising altitude,
no tail rotor worries but still worries over the tail.

In article ,
"JP" wrote:

Not while in or transitioning to/from a hover....

Sounds like it's time to upgrade/supplement door guns.

5.56 miniguns with night sights are a personal fave.

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.

Not while in or transitioning to/from a hover....

John Hairell wrote in message . ..
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 23:03:53 +0900, Gernot Hassenpflug
wrote:

(Henry J. Cobb) writes:

Will the increased cruising speed of the Osprey make it a better bet
for going downtown in the third world than the current fleet of
helicopters?

It will be a harder target because it doesn't stay in the air long
enough to get a good shot....

It will still have to come to a hover to drop off troops, and will
still be a target.

True, but which would you choose--an aircraft that remains within the
primary engagement envelope of *most* of the threat AAW systems
throughout the entire (slow) flight profile, or one that can operate
above it if necessary and flies substantially faster to boot?

Brooks


John Hairell )

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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True, but which would you choose--an aircraft that remains within the
primary engagement envelope of *most* of the threat AAW systems
throughout the entire (slow) flight profile, or one that can operate
above it if necessary and flies substantially faster to boot?


I just hope they make it robust enough. Let them prove me wrong, but so far
I don't have a good feeling about how complex it is.

Chad Irby wrote in message m...
In article ,
"JP" wrote:

Not while in or transitioning to/from a hover....

Sounds like it's time to upgrade/supplement door guns.

5.56 miniguns with night sights are a personal fave.

Wouldn't an automated defense turret or at least an optical scanner
that searched for weapons pointed at your craft be more useful?

-HJC