Edward_Snowcone t1_je9vjl3 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 1:56 PM

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Yeah, not nearly as much as the osprey the marines use.

Hell, even the Chinooks the army uses have a bleak track record. Blackhawks are pretty decent birds

CW1DR5H5I64A t1_je9vx3f wrote on March 30, 2023 at 1:59 PM

The Osprey has one of the safest flight records of any airframe. They had a rough patch when they were initially adopted, but that was mostly pilot error. Once they got better training programs it has not had issues.

Edward_Snowcone t1_je9yvmi wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:21 PM

Alright I did look it up, your right. I think my perception was skewed by the initial flight testing having lots of crashes. My bad

Arty t1_jea45hy wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:00 PM

That was a big thing during the initial trials of the Osprey. It had a handful of really high profile accidents and the media reported it as this insane death trap that killed anyone that looked at it.