Comments by "verdebusterAP" (@verdebusterAP) on "Why the Army chose Bell’s tiltrotor over Sikorsky’s pusher-compound-rotor design derived" video.

@BravoCheescake Thats very inaccurate comparison The UH-1H in Vietnam was single engine 1100 shp with max take off weight (MTOW) of 9500lbs which requires a lot aircraft to ferry troops The UH-60 is twin engine with 4000 shp with an MTOW of 22,000lbs The V-280 is also twin engine with 10,000 shp with MTOW of 30,000lbs , the future engine will increase to 14,000 shp At most , you only need 2 V-280 at most as it carry substantially more than the previous aircraft Now SB-1 Defiant may not be dead in the water yet MH-60 stealth modifcation likely won't work on the V-280 but it will with the SB-1 Defiant design so SOCOM and 160th soar may push for a number of SB-1 Defiant for the Special ops role if the SB-1 Defiant can show it can perform aerial refueling
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@BravoCheesecake Incorrect "Quote The book said you could put 13 troops in there. I never saw 13 Americans in a Huey," says Harry Kernahan, who flew the UH-1D "Slick", a utility version without weapons pods, in the central highlands of South Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. "It just wouldn’t get off the ground." "I would imagine we often flew those things over max gross weight," he adds Quote Out of necessity, pilots became experts at using unorthodox methods to coax overweight Hueys off the ground, including an odd-to-see technique where a pilot would bounce the helicopter down the runway on its skids until it got enough speed to gain translational lift and climb aloft. "People came up with solutions to a lot of different problems that weren't in the book," Kernahan says As I stated before The UH-1H only had 1100 shp as you stated allowed it hold up to 10 troops sometimes The V-280 10,000- 14,000 shp allows to consistently carry heavy load without any adverse effects as it literally has power to spare secondly , those troops in Vietnam carried very little gear most of time , Again with V-280, they can carry all their gear and again wouldnt affect the V-280 hat in a future conflict in a jungle environment, you would want to land more helicopters in a tighter space- False That's arm charm statement This is modern warfare We are not going to put troops in a jungle when MQ-9 can easily spot and destroy targets The factor you dont understand was boots on the ground was the only way to find enemy back then Today, there a dozens of ways dont' involve boots on ground
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@johnadams8445 One of the reasons why the V-280 was selected was the MV-22 The MV-22 has shown that it can fly fast enough to be refueled by KC-10 The MV-22 cruises at 300 mph The V-280 currently at 320 mph which means it can also be refueled by a KC-10 in the air That opens the door for rapid self deployment The UH-60 has to be broken down for C-5 or C-17 while the V-280 can fly direct without having to do break down Thats if the Army smartly makes aerial refueling standard on all aircraft
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@givemethedaily1052 There is a lot of work but the USMC and USAF operation with the MV-22 will answer all those questions
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@BravoCheesecake The reason that for that was the limited range and payload of the UH-1H Those bunch of numbers which clearly went completely over your head as they explained that fact V-280 has substantially greater payload which allow sit to carry more per trip In other words, the V-280 does more with less aircraft
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@JSonMaui Exactly The UH-1 series lacked power hence why they had be used in large numbers as well as the techniques for taking off heavily I was trying to find but there was Blackhawk crew who did the same thing , I believe , it was Afghan where they were overloaded but had to employ some techniques to get enough lift
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@tararaboomdiay7442 The 160th budget is different from other units due to the highly specialized nature of their aircraft. Secondly even if the Army doesnt wanna foot the bill SOCOM can still foot it with ease Its not about being routine its called special mission use.
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@tararaboomdiay7442 They have basically a blank check to do whatever and that would cover bringing 6 to 12 Defiants into the fold The current estimate for a V-280 is 43 mil. The UH-60M costs 25 mil. So even at a cost of say 50 mil per for 12 units its very easy to cover the estimated 1.5 bil for aircraft, maintenance, training and logistics when US military spends 30 billion alone just on special forces
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@tararaboomdiay7442 Its not inconceivable Its literally in the budget
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@tararaboomdiay7442 thats why its called black budget
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