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Osprey "full stow" BFWS procedure is not matching the real process

By @nenenui
    2023-10-25 17:55:11.827Z

    Remark: This is about the "full stow" and not the "fold horizontal"

    While searching for some good real world images and videos of the BFWS (blade fold, wing stow) system I found a number which all suggest that the real world process looks (for some models?) different then in the virtual Osprey.

    BFWS for the virtual Osprey goes (simplified) like this:

    • Nacelles to 90 deg
    • Fold the blades
    • Rotate nacelles to 0 deg
    • Rotate wing to 90 deg

    All videos which I found however show that step 3 and step 4 basically happen at the same time … which is at least 12 seconds faster … and looks really cool IMHO. So:

    • Nacelles to 90 deg
    • Fold the blades
    • Rotate nacelles to 0 deg … while wing rotates to ca. 45 deg
    • Rotate wing rotates further to 90 deg

    One picture which shows the "mid phase" positions would be this:

    The videos are here:

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