The V-22 Osprey is a joint service, multimission, military tiltrotor aircraft with both a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing capability (STOL). It is designed to perform missions like a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft.
General characteristics
- Crew: MV-22: two pilots; CV-22: two pilots; two flight engineers
- Capacity: MV-22: 24 troops; CV-22: 24 troops (seated), 32 troops (floor loaded) or 10,000 pounds of cargo
- Length: 57 ft 4 in (17.5 m)
- Rotor diameter: 38 ft 0 in (11.6 m)
- Wingspan: MV-22: 46 ft (14 m); CV-22: 84 ft 7 in (including rotors))
- Height: MV-22-17 ft 11 in; CV-22-22 ft 1 in (5.5 m)
- Disc area: 2,268 ft² (212 m²)
- Wing area: 301.4 ft² (28 m²))
- Empty weight: 33,140 lb (15,032 kg)
- Loaded weight: 47,500 lb (21,500 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 60,500 lb (27,400 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce AE 1107C-Libertyturboshafts, 6,150 hp (4,590 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: MV-22-275 knots; CV-22-277 knots (316 mph, 509 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 214 knots (246 mph, 396 km/h) at sea level
- Combat radius: 370 nm (430 mi, 690 km)
- Ferry range: 2,417 nm (2,781 mi, 4,476 km)
- Unrefueled range: 879 nm (1,011 mi, 1,627 km)
- Service ceiling: 26,000 ft (7,925 m)
- Rate of climb: 2,320 ft/min (11.8 m/s)
- Disc loading: 20.9 lb/ft² @ 47,500 lb GW (102.23 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.259 hp/lb (427 W/kg)