re: #39 daddylawbucks

Forgive my ignorance, but why does there seem to be such problems with the helicopters?

Reliability comes with numerous revisions in older technology. Cutting edge technology simply has a higher failure rate because of its ‘newness’.

Stealth helicopters would not be a straight forward design purely based on previous, well tested technology.

Helicopters are inherently more dangerous than fixed wing vehicles.