By Victor Duda
Almost half of the failure is related to the ice protection system. In addition, several potential shortcomings have been identified from the very beginning of the program, which complicates the role of envelope as a transporter. Among them is insufficient tightness of the salon. If the crew does not use oxygen, Osprey should fly at lower altitudes under bad weather and at higher speed.
The ice protection system has led to 44% of the convertible failure, this became known from the government report of the main Pentagon testing department. In February 2023, when the Navy gave CMV-22B an initial operational capacity (IOC), but in fact the helicopter was not yet fully reliable, it met the requirements partially. Then the ice protection system gave 25% of malfunctions. Last year, estimates of the possibility of interruption of the mission.
The CMV-22b is based on the MV-22b structure of the Marine Corps, but with an increased radius of action, a system of discharge of fuel, as well as other onboard equipment with a line of transmission of LINK-16 data and satellite connection of Iridium. It is unknown at this time, which caused a plane crash in November 2023 in Japan, when all the military was killed on board as a result of the fall of the convertible.
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