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The U.S. Air Force (USAF) describes the CV-22 Osprey as a machine meant to perform long-range infiltration and exfiltration, among others. That generally could mean some type of discretion is needed, but just a quick look at the massive tiltrotor machine tells you subtlety certainly isn’t the thing’s strongpoint.
The Osprey, with its two powerful tilting rotors, has a reputation for creating mayhem with its downwash.
The Air Force uses the Osprey for long-range, special operations transport missions.
A U.S. Air Force Osprey tiltrotor accidentally demonstrated what happens when you point 12,000 horsepower straight down: you blow away a helicopter helipad. The helipad, apparently made of rubber matting, was no match for the Osprey’s two Rolls-Royce engines.
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The incident took place on Wednesday at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, the U.K. The helipad was used in a military exercise involving U.S. Air Force units. As the CV-22 Osprey took off, it lifted the mats that created the helipad into the air and blew them in all directions.
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Description
The V-22 is a joint service, multi-mission aircraft with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability. It performs VTOL missions as effectively as a conventional helicopter while also having the long-range cruise abilities of a twin turboprop aircraft. The Osprey is a tilt-rotor vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL), multi-mission aircraft developed to fill multi-Service combat operational requirements worldwide.