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Originally Posted by Coota0
I'm not disagreeing with you, I just want to point out that the AV-8 was referred to a widowmaker when the Corps began testing it too.
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Most of the problems with the AV-8 were operator error; no fast mover drivers had ever flown a VTOL aircraft before.....when they started sending them to learn how to fly choppers first they had less and less problems, especially after they got a good base of qualified pilots in the fleet. The problems with the Osprey are inherent in the design of the tilt rotor system and the hydraulics it takes to operate the thing.