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Convertiplane CV-22 Osprey widely used by special units of the us armed forces to solve the tasks. But recently, the special operations Command of the air force, the U.S. has decided to ban their use. This was reported by the commander of AFSOC (CSR USAF) Lieutenant General Jim Slayf.
The basis for the decision on the temporary ban of operation of the tiltrotor was the increase in incidents. Over the past six weeks there have been 2 incident, tiltrotor, and since 2017, there were four accidents. Now armed special operations Command United States air force are 52 of the tiltrotor, CV-22 Osprey. Their operation was suspended indefinitely due to the frequent incidents. The reason for emergency situations, problems of a technical nature, according to the publication Breaking Defense.
The us military describe the problem in as "hard clutch operation". In fact, the clutch inside the transmission which connects one of the two engines Rolls-Royce AE1107C Liberty CV-22 with a screw rotor slips for an unknown reason, the newspaper writes.
Due to the fast switching of power between the engines, there is a situation in which the crew is forced to immediately put the CV-22. Accordingly, the use of the tiltrotor in such a situation is problematic. In command of the special operations forces are reminded that injuries or deaths were avoided only thanks to the high professionalism of the pilots of the convertiplane. But the more risk the lives of pilots and special forces Command can't.
As stated in the statement of the special operations command of the U.S. air force, no more tiltrotor does not rise into the air until, until elucidated cause technical problems and are not taken appropriate measures to eliminate them. In many cases, as transmissions and engines require replacement following the incidents, which makes them accidents And damage in excess of $ 2.5 million, underscores the American edition.
Recall that the CV-22 Osprey operated by the special operations Command of the U.S. air force is already over twelve years. It is a subspecies of the V-22 Osprey – the convertiplane capable of taking off vertically and hover in the sky. It is unknown whether the problem faced by the United States air force, convertiplane used in the special forces, the naval forces and marine Corps, which also are armed with their subspecies V-22 Osprey.
