[steelhead_trout]

Might be the worst investment in an aircraft Israel made since it bought those Czech-built Me109s (the ones with so much torque they swung like pendulums on takeoff and landing). Seriously, what does an Osprey do that a helicopter can’t?

[elcid1970]

IIRC, the P-51 Mustang with the Roll-Royce engine had to be throttled very slowly for the same reason: super torque.

Anyway, the V-22 has enough problems as it is. This deal smells.

[Jacquerie]

All I know is that the Osprey has been killing Marines since the mid 1980s.

[Yo-Yo]

Seriously, what does an Osprey do that a helicopter can’t?

Fly 24 troops 250 miles at 250 knots (like from Israel to Syria, for example) then land those 24 special ops troops anywhere without a runway, and without parachuting.

Then more importantly, pick them up again post mission.