Originally Posted by
SMFlagg
Having been on a V22 a few times in my previous career path, significant changes in technology would have to occur before this would appear in a commercial setting. Converting from a vertical platform to a horizontal platform incurs significant reduction in payload and, perhaps most importantly in today's society, speed. <redacted>
I agree. Economics, environmental impacts and efficiency are higher priorities over VTOL. Perhaps when space becomes an issue will we then see VTOL become a higher priority. But the issue may never be an operational goal. Military operations have a different mission where VTOL makes sense. Aircraft carriers and hostiles with RPGs come to mind.