Originally Posted by
casper64
Tilt rotors are plain silly, except for semi-tactical/strategic transport from a ship where higher distances (over a flat sea) can be covered more quickly. I still cannot imagine a tiltrotor doing 100kts NOE…. And with NOE I mean real NOE, so not at a 100ft but 20ft, being agile enough to really follow the terrain like a Huey or Blackhawk could.
Where are you getting this mentality?
See 4:25 specifically, which comes after the footage of the XV-15 dogfighting the A-4 and OV-10