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The Osprey Goes to War
Andrew Swallow wrote:
Vince wrote: [snip] The net result is that all of the "advantages" of the osprey only occur at relatively long range. At short range it is inferior to a modern helicopter in every possible way. But the Cobra is not a long range aircraft It has a maximum payload of about 3500 pounds of crew fuel and weapons. The more fuel loaded , the less armament So how do you mix the two? Vince Some ideas. 1.Launch from different ships/airfields in different locations. Say one north of the target and the other south of the target. which one is the close one ? 2. Launch at different times. The Cobras in the first wave and the Ospreys in the second wave. This also permits the ship to have a smaller flight deck. no surprise and you have to be short range 3. Replace the Cobras with a long range aircraft for the close in escort role. Which one? the F007 Magic Fairy Dust ? 4. Modify some of the Ospreys to carry guns rather than people. The Ospreys can then escort the Ospreys. Appropriate guns and missiles will have to be determined. 120 million plus a pop Vince |
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