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V-22 on tests to evaluate rotors vulnerability

Washington, USA – The STOL aircraft will have to prove its reliability to remain in service

V-22 project, the revolutionary aircraft which blends qualities of a helicopter and a plane, risks to stall. It is able to take off as a helicopter and fly as an airplane by tilting the two wingtip rotors, but it is encountering huge difficulties and risks to see canceled the USD 40bn program after the two crashes on December 2000 causing the death of 23 marines. The main problem consists of the tilting...

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Rome, Italy, 08/13/2002 16:20
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