plugwater
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This AC is mainly for carrying troops faster and it does serve that very well.When i first saw this in Discovery channel i thought what an great idea and why dont all aircraft's fly that way but the fact is thrust required for VTOL is simply to high and the end result is compromise in performance.
V-22---------------------Costs 115-million$ and carry load is 27,000kgs.
Super Stallion CH-53E----Costs 22-million$ and carry load is 33,000kgs.
Which one you would buy is any ones guess. India should never buy that.
When did US sell CH-53 for 22 million ? I agree v-22 is costly but its worth it.
Why not compare combat radius and speed of CH-53 with V-22 too ?
India wont buy both CH-53 and V-22.