[Rummyfan]

Video at the link.

[smokingfrog]

How many can fit on a C-5?

[nascarnation]

Rolls Royce power.
AE1107F

[A strike]

Useless, unnecessary, A load of political corruption crp.

-fJRoberts_

[TexasGator]

“Service ceiling: 6,000 ft (1,800 m) ; in hover out of ground effect at 95 °F (35 °C)”

I read that cruise altitude is 11,500 feet. Both seem to limit areas of operation.

[CivilWarBrewing]

I always choose the LOSING aircraft. I picked the YF-23 over the YF-22, I lost.

I love the Lockheed RAIDER, shown here. I'm lovin' the counter-rotating blades and that TAIL PROP for some extra kick!:

This one was NOT chosen.

[jz638]

The thing looks like a boon to video games, recruiting commercials, air shows and stadium flyovers... and a disaster in a combat environment.

They push this idea of triple redundant systems in the literature, but the entire design is necessarily more fragile than a helo or a fixed wing turboprop because of the number and location of the moving parts.

Can it perform a medevac in a hot LZ? Can it lift vertically with only one rotor? The geometry means all weapons have to be on the fuselage belly or inside the body, nothing on the wings. The tilting movement of the fuselage when accelerating also presents a vulnerability of the aircraft and limits to defensive weapons during dustoff. Hopefully medevac drones will bridge this gap before it gets tested in battle.

[CivilWarBrewing]

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF AN F-117 STEALTH FIGHTER MATED WITH A V-22 OSPREY? This is the one chosen by the Army:

[familyop]

How about the Army buying both for versatility and promoting more competition between contractors?

[Colorado Doug]

Service ceiling: 6,000 ft? That’s not even enough to get off the ground here.

[immadashell]

Needs a cloaking device!