Experimental Planes: The Tiltwing LTV XC-142 | Ling Temco Vought V/STOL Aircraft That Never Was

[@Dronescapes]

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[@thomasharroun8068]

Despite its design issues, the XC-142 proved to be an important step in the evolution V/STOL technology development as this aircraft led to the design of the V-22 Osprey. The one aircraft remaining at the Air Force Museum is worth a look

[@wildcoyote34]

it's funny too because we got the V/STOL V22 Osprey which still suffers from the vibration and cross shaft issues and has killed a lot of people due to problems with that system

[@Stefan_Dahn]

@@wildcoyote34 I think that is not so funny.

[@wildcoyote34]

@@Stefan_Dahn that was sarcasm

[@narusawa74]

Thanks for bringing us epic X planes documentaires like this one .

[@Dronescapes]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@richardbrimage983]

Saw that plane in hover mode several times. Drove right by LTV and airfield to and from college campus at Arlington.

[@drgeoffangel5422]

Its nice to know that the US also suffered from short sightedness and impatience with the development of new aircraft! The outcome, the waste and scrapping of a viable and useful VTOL transport plane. If only they had persevered with it, it could have paved the way for a V22 type version much earlier, and at a much, much less development cost! There's an old saying in the UK about the British Aerospace mentality, things always have to be done twice, to get it right the first time! Sounds like the US suffers from this mentality too!

[@markgranger9150]

Unlike russia the U S is not afraid to start over. Things have not changed since the days of the ussr. The russians will keep any piece of crap that doesn't perform well and try a fix that normally would back to the drawing board for most countries. The Caspian sea monster is one of the few times that a project was.scrapped, without being reengined or had 2 feet of the body added or removed.

[@absalomdraconis]

Honestly, this wasn't even the best configuration. The best configuration was still a 4 prop design, but they were ducted (which isn't too important), and distributed across 2 wings (fore and aft) instead of 1, which gives better control options.

[@keithad6485]

Skunk Works at Lockheed - it would be fascinating to see what they would have come up with on the XC-142 considering their unique and novel approaches to the many problems with futuristic aircraft they successfully developed.

[@Bill_H]

I volunteer at the National Museum of the US Air Force and know this aircraft well!

[@Dronescapes]

👍👍

[@lessharratt8719]

Looks suspiciously like a 4 engine version of the Canadian vertol.

[@michaelfederico2873]

It came before the cl-84. It was a development of the holler xc-19.

[@cirno6617]

Looks like a b17 wanted to become a vtol

[@dhroman4564]

Excellent video but 400 liter fuel capacity isn't enough to get it off the ground.

[@lessharratt8719]

No kidding. Four 3000 hp turbines are going to such that up in a hurry.

[@Stefan_Dahn]

Less fire load in case of crash. The engines have 8500 kW. At 300 g/kWh and full throttle, they take 8,500 kW * 0.3 kg/kWh {estimated} = 2,550 kg/h = 42 kg/min or ~56/min. With a 400 Liter tank it flies ~7 min to bingo fuel (calculated with 0.75 kg/l).

[@YourlocalFanFeatherFamily]

Aircraft in game pv the private vtol

[@ToxicMrSmith]

Someone please send this to Ramee