The tiltrotor design allows the V-22 Osprey to take off and land like a helicopter. Once airborne, the Osprey's rotors tilt to turn the aircraft into a turboprop airplane for higher speed and higher altitude flights. This transformability, in effect, gives the Osprey much higher top speed than a helicopter as well as a much longer range. Due to the Osprey's ability to minimize its own footprint by folding its rotors and wings for storage, it can be stored aboard a naval assault ship or aircraft carrier more easily than some conventional aircraft.