Osprey modification sped up after engine fire

[unhappycamper]

Osprey modification sped up after engine fire
By Michael Hoffman - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Dec 13, 2007 5:45:19 EST

The Corps will not restrict the flight time of its MV-22 Osprey fleet even after the Air Force announced it will limit some of its tilt-rotor aircraft to an “as-required basis.” The air service’s move came after preliminary results of an investigation of an engine fire in a Marine Osprey pointed to an engine component as the cause.

The Class A mishap that forced the Osprey to the ground near Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., on Nov. 6 caused more than $1 million in damage, but no one was injured.

Both services had identified a problem with the engine air particle separator found in the Osprey’s nacelles before the fire and had ordered modification kits to address it.

The EAPS filters dirt, sand, bird feathers and other unwanted particles from the air sucked through the engines.

Based on early data from the investigation, James Darcy, V-22 program spokesman, said it’s likely the EAPS is responsible for the fire. The damaged Osprey did not have the EAPS modification.


Rest of article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/12/marine_osprey_fire_071212/

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. duh - you think the sands of Iraq

may be as bad on this POS compared the havoc it played with all the rest of our fleet?

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

2. Why did they name this jalopy

after such a striking and beautiful raptor?

I'm all for the technological advancements that come along with wartime, as they inevitably filter down to the masses. But the military industrial world has been propelled for the last eight years by an extremely unpleasant, sort of nervous energy that spurs end runs around normal safety issues. This crap never would have gone over in my father's Navy.

[Sweet Pea]

3. Check Your Timeline

I first saw the Bell XV-15 (test bed for advanced tiltrotor technology) at an airshow in 1984 and a military version had begin design studies 3 years prior in 1981. That's over 26 years in development.

Accuracy and specificity is key to credibility.