Apologies for waking such a venerable old thread from its slumber, but I have a genuine question and I can't think of a better place to ask it than here; how come the concept of twin-turboprop attack aircraft has never really taken off beyond the likes of the Bronco and the Pucara?
Is there an aeronautical reason or reasons, or military ones, or engineering reasons, or is it more down to politics and fashion?
I ask because of course nowadays the likes of the Super Tucano and the Texan are leading a bit of a turboprop renaissance where lower and slower and less techy and thus cheaper aircraft are finding favour, in roles where big flash expensive fast jets are either unnecessary, or overkill, or too costly to run, or just not best suited for the job, as the job or at least the approach to it has evolved.
Genuinely curious.