Autorotative landing is not the fatal flaw of the V-22, pilot says
AUTOROTATION: An inability to perform an autorotative landing is not the "fatal flaw" of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, according to Chief Test Pilot Tom MacDonald. In an autorotative descent, a helicopter that has lost engine power uses the natural pinwheel-like spinning of its rotor to...
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