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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

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It gets worse, a bit further north......:)
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ea6bflyr said:
I'm assuming the tilt-rotor is tilted forward for show only? Any Osprey drivers want to confirm?

-ea6bflyr ;)
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I'm wondering if there is a way to lock the props (rotors?) in that position. I can see a gust moving an airfoil that large. :eek:
 
Flugelman said:
I'm wondering if there is a way to lock the props (rotors?) in that position. I can see a gust moving an airfoil that large. :eek:
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Rotor brake? Most helos have a rotor brake and most turboprop aircraft have an automatic prop brakes....

-ea6bflyr ;)
 
I'm assuming they are like that for mx reasons. There were a couple of guys working on them earlier in the day. The Ospreys I've seen on static at airshows always have the engines tilted up on about a 45 degree angle. There must be a "brake" system involved though because it was pretty breezy out there.
 
Harrier Dude said:
Really? I'll have to go look up prop brake in my C-12 NATOPS.
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I looked and the C-12 does not have a prop brake....I guess the slip rings and contacts act to slow down the prop during shutdown (along with feathering).

I'll change my statement to "most turboprops have a prop brake."

-ea6bflyr ;)
 
Answered my own question: The NFM says that the Osprey has an "electrically controlled, hydraulically operated rotor brake controlled by a two position ROTOR BRAKE handle."

-ea6bflyr ;)
 
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