I have seen a few of these flying around lately and today when I was riding my bike I saw one flying a few hundred feet off the ground with it's rotors about 60 degrees getting ready to land. These planes are sweet they have a bitching sound.
The aircraft is powered by two T406-AD-400 turboshaft engines
The entire rotor, transmission and engine nacelles tilt through 90°.The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey is a multi-mission, military, tilt rotor with both a vertical takeoff and landing and short takeoff and landing capability. It is designed to perform missions like a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft. The V-22 was developed and is manufactured jointly by Bell Helicpter, and Boing Rotorcraft systems it is operated by the U.S.M.C and U.S.A.F.
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