Originally Posted by
The Sultan
Comanche fans conviently forget the $42m mass produced unit cost in 2002 dollars. What killed it was no one could afford it.
V-22 fans should note the price tag.
F-35 fans should note the price tag.
Welcome to the 21st century, Sultan, where the next iteration of tech/pushing the edges is bloody expensive.
Someone has decided that helicopters need to be fast.
Speed has never been the primary niche that helicopters are known for; see physics for why that is so.
Hence tilt rotor.
If you can afford it.
(Hello 609, how are you doing?)
What I like about Invictus is that it is a helicopter: not every weapons system that you employ needs to be bleeding edge.
See OH-58 for a very nice example of that