^^^ That was great!I've got pictures of old Sikorsky, Bell and LM efforts...same stuff, just upgraded for build materials, propulsion, etc.
As you may imagine, there is a lot of discussion on this procurement.
Helicopter are solidly on the aviation "Wheel of Misfortune", meaning, everything is a complete trade-off in performance and maintenance.
I knew the first Navy test pilot of the XV-15 tilt rotor well. He thought the XV-15 was the right size in those days (the 80's) and that the larger Osprey would have issues. The Osprey did have, still has, many, many issues.
There are many reasons I think both the offerings were silly.
