Dream Machine

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1. kwindlaJul 2019
   If you're interested in big engineering projects and how they work culturally/politically as well as technologically, Richard Whittle's book about the V-22 Osprey is really worth reading.

   _The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey_

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2. engi_nerdAug 2015
   The Osprey, from what I have heard, seems to be doing okay now. But, as you referred to, it has a rough history. Have you read "The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey" by Richard Whittle? I read through it, and found no glaring technical errors (though my experience with a V-22 involves climbing inside one, once, to look at home someone did something I needed to replicate on something else, and a quick test flight in a V-22 simulator years ago as part of a "hey come work here we are really cool" career fair I attended). It's competently written and talks about the issues the V-22 encountered in detail.
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