"Osprey may get turret-mounted machine gun"

Henry J Cobb wrote:
Vince wrote:
David Lesher wrote:
Mike writes:

Osprey may get turret-mounted machine gun

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/

Posted : Thursday Oct 11, 2007 15:11:37 EDT

Air Force and Marine Corps V-22 Ospreys may get a
turret-mounted machine gun, fulfilling a long-sought
requirement for a forward-firing defensive weapon and making it
unique among today's U.S. transport aircraft.


Strange no one is discussing how much such weighs; in an airframe
already short of payload...


and balance

its a side to side prop-rotor configuration

hang a thousand pounds on the chin and see what happens

It's belly, not chin mounted.

-HJC Fact correcting Vince is endless fun.

You missed my point
you cant hang it on the chin, they tried and they found that out
it was the original concept even up to 2005.

Also under consideration is a redesign of the V-22’s nose to accommodate
a chin gun, Birkholz said. “It’s all do-able,” he said. “It’s just
expensive.”
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.o.../V-22_Aims.htm

it wasn't doable

you can hang it on the belly at the center of lift,
that is where they put the cargo hook
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...ng_M777_lg.jpg


nothing is free

Vince