‘An Air Force version of the V-22 tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft last week experienced a compressor stall of both engines after flying into a cloud at 18,000 feet, presumably because of icing problems, sources have told the Project On Government Oversight. The aircraft, CV-22 #6, was on a routine flight to Edwards Air Force base in California. It did not recover from the stall until it had descended to warmer air at about 10,000 feet, the sources said.
As a precaution the aircraft landed in Prescott, Arizona.
“This is very disturbing. Only last month the Pentagon approved the Marines version of V-22 for full-rate production,” said POGO Senior Defense Investigator Eric Miller. “And now we find out the aircraft can’t even fly into a cloud.”
This was released on a DID newsletter with reference to the Pogo report below…
How does the performance and capability differ between the V-22 and EH-101? Is it really just speed that is different?
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October 27, 2005 at 10:17 pm