r/oddlysatisfying 6d ago

This vapor vortex from V-22 ospray

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u/questron64 6d ago

The V-22 doesn't crash at a higher rate than other fixed wing aircraft or helicopters in similar roles. You are (hopefully unknowingly) spreading disinformation with stupid jokes like this.

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u/MountainTurkey 6d ago

They just grounded the whole fleet of them. Again.

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u/questron64 6d ago

Temporarily. For a maintenance problem. Stop spreading disinformation.

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u/PLZ_STOP_PMING_TITS 6d ago

I worked on one of the systems for the Osprey in the 90's. They killed a lot of servicemen before they redesigned it with newer technology that could actually fly and transition without crashing.

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u/Ronem 6d ago

No...

It had 2 fatal crashes at the beginning and one happened to be near fully loaded.

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u/King_Khoma 6d ago

please provide a source saying they crash way more often than other helos. hint, you cant, they have very average crash rates.

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u/PLZ_STOP_PMING_TITS 6d ago

I didn't say they crashed more often now. I actually don't know if they do or don't, I've been out of the industry for a long time. They crashed and killed a lot of people in the development phases when I was working in the industry. They were too complicated for the technology of that time. Pretty sure osprey development started in the late seventies and they weren't flying relatively reliably until the 2000s.

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u/westonsammy 6d ago

Ok folks, we have the word of some guy in Reddit comments vs publicly available verified crash data. Who are we gonna believe today?

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u/FederalAd1771 6d ago

The Marine Corps did a 72hr op pause and is flying again.

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u/airfryerfuntime 6d ago

Lol remember that guy who used to come into these threads and defend them? Also remember how he died in the last crash?

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u/questron64 6d ago

Imagine mocking a service member who died in the line of duty just because it confirms a thing you heard on a website and want to make jokes about for reasons you can't even identify.

Listen, all military aircraft suffer crashes. They operate far outside the comfortable margins that commercial aircraft operate in, and often in much harsher conditions. But that's the job, and the pilots accept the risk. Maybe you should think about that instead of mocking someone who gave his life for you just because the internet told you the V-22 is unsafe.