Roll-Inducing Aerodynamic Problem Remains a Question for Tilt-Rotor Aircraft.

From: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) | Date: May 28, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Bob Cox

May 28--When the V-22 Osprey lifts off again Wednesday for a crucial round of flight tests, Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing Co. officials hope to show that they have fixed myriad mechanical flaws that contributed to a December 2000 crash and the aircraft's grounding.

But there is a bigger question that the manufacturers, the Marines and the Pentagon must answer in the coming months about the V-22.

Can the revolutionary tilt-rotor,...

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