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Originally Posted by stormlion1
One of the bad things about aircraft and helicopters is they have a logistics chain. Fuel we can take care of with handwaving. But what about parts, grease, repairs, and dedicated tools? The Morrow Air Assets are all great five years after the war. But if they survive a hundred fifty years the maintenance alone will ground everything real damn fast.
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This is a great argument for the Project to limit the
models for all vehicles as much as possible. It might be desirable to have a dozen different types of aircraft, but logistically that becomes much harder to support. The Project would be best served by a single multi-mission combat-capable aircraft (V-22 or H-60 perhaps?) supported by a single dirt-strip-capable transport aircraft (C-130 or C-23 perhaps?). I cannot see reducing the numbers any further than that and I cannot see any overreaching need that would justify any more models.
At the same time, it should be noted that electric vehicles in general have significantly lower maintenance requirements than ICE vehicles. There are a LOT fewer moving parts and that makes everything a lot easier. Your supply and support needs are going to be a lot lower for Morrow vehicles than the original versions required.