CTR wrote:
Some one wrote about ten years ago that the tiltrotor is like a four
wheel drive Jeep. The Jeep makes a lousy car and a motorcycle can
travel off road much better. Early Jeeps were also so expensive you
could buy a nice car and a motorcycle for less than the cost of a Jeep.
Despite these facts, early civilian Jeeps did sell. Slow at first,
but with each new Jeep customer a new use was discovered.

Maybe the same story will hold true for the tiltrotor BA609.

I hadn't heard this analogy before. What an interesting argument.
As you say, maybe the tiltrotor will turn out the same way.