Tiltrotors Not So Bad

Credit: U.S. AIR FORCE
I take exception to Dale Gibby’s letter concerning the complexity and vulnerability of tiltrotors (AW&ST Sept. 24, p. 12). I am biased in favor of tiltrotor technology. I have a few hundred hours in tiltrotors and tandem-rotor helicopters. Addressing the “intractable fundamental flaws” that were of...

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