Talk:ASF-X Shinden II/@comment-5899671-20140928183936/@comment-31777021-20150212205128

It actually seems to be a trope for all the VTOL aircraft to be slower compared to other aircraft of the same CST. Take the F-35 for example, it has a rank of D in speed compared to the F-15 S/MTD which, despite it being 25 lower in CST, has a speed of B.