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originally posted by: cmdrkeenkid
a reply to: _Del_
I can imagine the Osprey has a glide ratio somewhere between a brick and a... I got nothing. It's late. But you get my idea, I think.
originally posted by: cmdrkeenkid
a reply to: _Del_
Yeah, I can believe it. I'm sure it's not practiced for often. It's been my experience that most autorotation accidents occur while practicing autorotations anyway.
originally posted by: _Del_
originally posted by: cmdrkeenkid
a reply to: _Del_
I can imagine the Osprey has a glide ratio somewhere between a brick and a... I got nothing. It's late. But you get my idea, I think.
It's pretty low. Something under 5:1.
Still less exciting than a 5000' per minute decent rate trying to autorotate and hoping you don't bleed rotor speed and trying to time the flare perfectly.
originally posted by: seagull
a reply to: _Del_
Does the Osprey even glide? I shouldn't think very well...
originally posted by: buddah6
originally posted by: _Del_
originally posted by: cmdrkeenkid
a reply to: _Del_
I can imagine the Osprey has a glide ratio somewhere between a brick and a... I got nothing. It's late. But you get my idea, I think.
It's pretty low. Something under 5:1.
Still less exciting than a 5000' per minute decent rate trying to autorotate and hoping you don't bleed rotor speed and trying to time the flare perfectly.
You are probably right about the descent by 5000 fpm. But I'll wager that it was vortex ring state that caused the crash. This is where the rotors are choked by turbulent air recirculated through the rotors...just my guess.