Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft - photo and video

[metric_taper]

I wonder why they are blurring out the front of the engine nacelle in the video of the hovering machine.
I worked on the avionics for the commercial version of this originally BA609, then BB609, now AW609. That machine is too expensive, and I believe will never see commercial success. The intended market is search rescue way out at sea, and remote ocean oil rigs.
The hovering appears to have considerable flight control instability on this military version.
I'm not impressed, and the complexity of engine drive shaft cross coupling and transmissions adds to all this.
It's one of those, yes we can design it, and make it fly, but too complex to make safe and affordable. That's my opinion.
Here is the link to the commercial version, 1996 it started, and not completed yet. It's gone through several airframe vendors, that I think saw the light that it would not be viable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW609

[Rattlerjake]

It's nothing but an "Osprey" with a Blackhawk fuselage!

[metric_taper]

It's nothing but an "Osprey" with a Blackhawk fuselage!

Understand, it's just a morphed version, but still a death machine;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accide...he_V-22_Osprey