you're right on that one CEFOSKEY - I wonder whether the Osprey or any other tilt rotor with all that additional complexity and possible failure modes will ever reach the serviceability & reliability levels of a conventional helicopter....
And on that note, the X2 is definitely the correct way ahead
O/T - did The Sultan routinely fly at 190 kts in a Cobra? That's its listed VNE, isnt it?