Originally Posted by
SASless
The 525 is doomed then I assume....as is the 609 and the Tilt Rotor based upon prototype crashes.
It was politics that was fatal to the Cheyenne....not aerodynamics!
I'm unconvinced about that. The political leadership did support a state of the art high end attack helicopter.
There was a consensus that there was a legitimate requirement, but no confidence that the Cheyenne's problems could be fixed. Hence the AH-64, to replace the Cheyenne.