Another US Marines aircraft down

a reply to: Zaphod58

I didn't think it had been a serious crash as I couldn't really find much on it. I'm guessing if it had been bad there'd be a thread condemning it.

a reply to: Woody510

Eh, give em time. It's only been a couple hours.

a reply to: Zaphod58

One of the reasons I didn't make a thread plus I wasn't sure if it had actually happened. Also sand is a b###h isn't it hate the stuff.

a reply to: Woody510

The Osprey didn't initially have an Engine Air Particle Separator to keep sand out of the engine. So they had to limit the amount of time it can spend in brownout conditions. The sand gets into the engine and the temperature of the engine turns it into glass, and it sticks to the engine causing a power loss.