- The V22 cannot takeoff or land like an aircraft due to ground clearance with the prop-rotors, so it has to takeoff/land more like a helicopter,
Search YouTube for “v22 rolling takeoff” for videos of V22s operating in STOL mode (the nacelles operate at an angle).
- But, it can’t auto-rotate like a helicopter either,
It can auto-rotate, but not as well as a helo.
- All that mass out on the ends of each wingtip also has a lot of inertia, which doesn’t help with stability, […]
Stability - a resistance to change - increases as inertia - a resistance to change - also increases.
[…] especially if one engine is even momentarily creating more or less power than the other,
Both engines are linked to each other by an interconnecting driveshaft running through the wings. Both rotors always receive the same power.