Originally Posted by
Commando Cody
Regarding the second crewman, Raider-X also has a crew of two. Don't forget, the original Army requirement for LHX (which eventually became Comanche) specified single pilot. This was eventually dropped when reality stepped in. Like The Sultan said, workload.
I am reasonably aware of the LHX failure, and the risk decisions on missions systems integration on Comanche in terms of cockpit loading, but mission systems in general have come a long way since the 1980's. Army is not good at getting out of old paradigms, and never has been. I will say that I believe that the Apache mafia did as much harm as good in the Comanche's development ... but that's all water under the bridge.