the Osprey has two rotors with three-bladed, 38-ft (11.6-m) propellers. Each propeller is driven by an Allison AE 1107C turboshaft engine that is capable of producing over 6,000 horsepower. Each engine drives its own rotor and transfers some power to a mid-wing gear box.
Why do military pilots seem to fly an oval pattern, but the civilian pilots fly a square pattern? I am a civilian Ercoupe operator and I know that many military pilots would not be comfortable letting me sit with them much less call me a fellow pilot. I, like Ricky Gervais, do not care.
