The Commander of the 160th came out to speak to my unit and he kept talking about the X2 and how future variant would one day replace the MH-6 Little Bird (MD 530) because of itīs speed. One of the cool features that he mentioned was that it could go from level cruise to hover in nose-level attitude by fully reversing the pitch of the prop and bring the thing to a stop. That made me think, would there be another control in the cockpit just for the pitch of the prop?

One big advantage over the CV-22 that the X-2 has is the lack of transition period between vertical and horizontal flight. It will be cool to see if the technology goes beyond just a tech demonstrator.