It is very much the case Sans.....as you quoted Sultan.....I now
again quote him....care to address the issue now?
His post is the reason we are having this discussion.....patently plain to see what he said and meant by his comment.
If you hit the interconnect shaft game over as the rotors collide and destroys the aircraft. On the V-22 take out the interconnect shaft and you get a caution light.
Now lets assume it is an RPG hit....and that hit whacks the I-Shaft and takes out the engine at the same time....which is quite possible with a lucky hit....same as a lucky hit on the Chinook. As they are both possible and certainly within the realm of consideration...how do you see it turning out for the Osprey on final for the LZ while in the "Hover Mode" used for landing and at whatever airspeed the aircraft would be at 300-400 feet agl (remembering our 800 FPM ROD restriction below 40 knots IAS)?
Or....to keep things in perspective....what if we take an engine slap off the side of a Chinook and do the same thing to an Osprey...Which aircraft is superior? The modern hot to trot Osprey or the ancient lumbering obselete Chinook?