Comments by "Diana Pennepacker" (@dianapennepacker6854) on "" video.

I actually try bringing this up. I can never find the source of it though but the Black Hawk absolutely crashed a ton. I believe it was discussing the Osprey safety record and how it was largely overblown in comparison to other test helicopters (Let alone something so advanced. The Osprey did have huge loss of life per crash though, but avionics have become a LONG way and I hear it's easy to fly and transition. Politicians used it against others and the media is the media. Tilt powered aircraft are the future anyway because helicopters are reaching physicical limitation with retreating blade stall and supersonic tips. Better to learn how to use them now. Everyone said the Defiant was the clear choice.
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@fathead8933 Yeah I was typing before I watched the video. Should probably stop doing that haha. Get ahead of myself but yeah the Osprey definitely was slammed hard. Boggles my mind. It's like the F-35 losing dog fights. Once a fire is lit the embers last forever, and the media has no obligation of being objective. I mean the US army is pretty fucking conservative. If it was a death trap they wouldn't have picked it, and computing power and avionics make flying substantially easier. I'm glad it won. We will see how it plays out.
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@iansmith4184 Damn it doesn't look that tall but you're correct. I'm all for the Valor. Screw the naysayers helicopters are on limited time and tilt powdered craft are the future due to things like retreating blade, and supersonic blades. I wonder how tilt rotors deal with vortex ring state. Also I've seen videos of it being pretty nimble and pilots say it's easier to fly than one would think.
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I don't know about that much better handling. I've seen the Valor hovering being pretty nimble. Thought the pilot was losing lift or some shit and was about to run it into the wing into the ground but he was just showcasing its manueverability. In a real combat situation your going to try to come in swiftly, load unload, and get out. It seemed like it could do it just as well and the transition didn't seem to take long. Defiant does have the smaller area to fit into small places, and easier weapon placement. Still curious as how the Valor will be armed. Just some side guns I suppose. Speed is life, and range is always good to have. 1
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@chrissmith7669 Yeah probably trippd some servo. I didn't want to read through a huge PDF file on the wire harness and analog computers/servos. Not that I would understand it I'm just a layman and need that shit broken down. Now I'm curious what types of protection against EMF certain helicopters have. Like the workers who use helicopters to get on high voltage lines without shutting off the grid, and other tall objects that generate a shit load of EMF. It is stupid on how such a simple thing can cause such a headache and loss of life.
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@txtworld Now I can imagine a V-280 putting it on loiter mode while he and the co pilot pick up some guns and shoot out the door haha.
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@chrissmith7669 I think I get the gist. Have a link on the issue? So the wire harness is where all the wires that control the stabilizer were vulnerable to electric magnetic waves? Why did it do cause a short or just trigger some mechanical servo? You would think military aircraft would be epecially fortified against any type of electrical radiation. One of things that I did learn about this article is that this is the first ground up aircraft to be deigned using fly-by-wire. I forget how old our systems are how quickly technology has developed. They did update it to be Fly By Wire I guess in 2011.
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@jtjames79 I can see something sort of happening in the future for a parachute. Think more Titanfall esque falling that could cushion a fall to 10mph along with a wing suit. Using it in a pinch to actually fly for short bursts or use it to go up steep terrain at slower power. Waiting on all these new battery technologies that are supposedly going to revolutionize the world. Energy density is the biggest issue by far.
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@MrTornadoman97 Yup and I hope the Army made sure to not go cheap when it comes to sensors controlling the flight computer and it is as redundant as Bell claims. The thing can fly it's self already which I did not know. I shouldn't be surprised. Large foot print, weapon placement, and the fact it cannot auto rotate (huge amount of discussion on this topic. Some say tilt rotors can, and some say it's better to try to glide it down. Ill leave that to the experts.) At least it can glide though! I think the superior range and speed make up for it. Speed is going to be life.
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Better be on schedule as they've had it running for quite some time. Still surprised they didn't increase speed or something but I guess that's easier said than done. Wonder if it will have a different engine. Thought the Army was going to use their new engine from the ITEP program.
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