A few minutes ago I saw a weird looking aircraft go by. It looked like an osprey, but instead of the propellors oriented like a helicopters, it looked like they were vertical but facing outward
It was literally the weirdest thing. Seems like it couldn't even fly. Any idea what this thing was or was my angle just bad?
After take off the props rotate into the forward position like a regular prop plane. Hence "tilt rotor"
Lol I had just finished reading it and got to that part. Thanks! Never saw them in that phase of operation.
Some shots of it flying like a standard plane.... Props look huge in that orientation. They can be larger because when landing they go horizontal. Hopefully pilot doesn't forget. Hehe.
https://youtu.be/-OL7X9Ueds4?t=65