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Called the V-280, the Bell concept features a V-tail, a large cell carbon core wing and a composite fuselage. Unlike the older V-22 design, the engines do not move, only the rotor-system tilts, Bell says. Coupled with a fly-by-wire system, the aircraft should have excellent high and low-speed handling qualities, the company says.

The V-280 will be able to cruise efficiently at 280kt carrying 11 passengers comfortably with a mission radius of over 250nm (463km).

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So, they're trying to build a tiltroter off of the H-60 design? The V-22 can do everything that this V-280 can. It can even fly faster.
I don't understand the concept of fixing something that's not broken, and ruining it in the
process.
 
I think that keeping the turbines in the same horizontal orientation will probably improve the reliability.

Interesting concept to just swivel the rotors... oh that old V tail. I don't see that design making it to the street. I eagerly await the introduction of civilian tilt rotor travel.
 
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