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I knew of the Osprey. But cool how the props are synced exactly. I never knew that before.

I imagine that would be very hard to do if they were both independent engines but I read they are connected so that makes more sense

You would want them connected incase one engjne failed while landing in vertical mode

The Chinook helicopter synchronises both sets of rotor blades too, they are both driven from the same drive shaft.