MV-75 Official Designation Given To Future U.S. Army Tiltrotor Assault Aircraft

[Talyn]

he Army is now pushing to speed up delivery of its baseline MV-75s, with special operations versions also on the horizon.

MV-75 Official Designation Given To Future U.S. Army Tiltrotor Assault Aircraft

The Army is now pushing to speed up delivery of its baseline MV-75s, with special operations versions also on the horizon.

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[KillerFord1977]

I still think the Sikorsky design with tandem rotors and a pusher prop in the back was a much safer, more sound design when rotors fail in combat orientated platform.
Lose a rotor or shaft and these tiltrotors are a coffin

 

[Talyn]

I still think the Sikorsky design with tandem rotors and a pusher prop in the back was a much safer, more sound design when rotors fail in combat orientated platform.
Lose a rotor or shaft and these tiltrotors are a coffin

I totally agree.

Plus, flying knap-of-the-earth (aka terrain-following) a tilt-rotor has tramp back its rotors vs. being full forward like a conventional aircraft. Therefore, the higher speed that the MV-75 promisses to offer will be reduced, whereas the Sikorsky Defiant, with its "pusher prop", could go full-speed in ground-effect.

For the MV-75 to use its speed/range advantage, with prop-rotors full-forward, it has to go higher thus producing a much larger radar signature for the bad guys to see.

I think the MV--75 is better suited to USMC and US Coast Guard roles.

My .02

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

I still think the Sikorsky design with tandem rotors and a pusher prop in the back was a much safer, more sound design when rotors fail in combat orientated platform.
Lose a rotor or shaft and these tiltrotors are a coffin

on the s97 the biggest issue was high speed transition and back to lower speeds as it can get unstable from what i've read