I have a new upcoming release that I am excited to share with the community once it is finished, and fully furnished, and I am glad to say that this one is nearing completion.

There will be multiple models, a 2-seater, a single-seater, and both variants will have an auxiliary jet variant.

I decided to release a small backstory to accompany this.

The "Fruitfly" single-seat ultralight helicopter is a fictional helicopter.

Its power plant is a 4 cylinder, 250 horsepower turbocharged piston-driven engine. During its debut in 1994, its base model starts at $126'000, with its higher-end sibling living at around $326'000, becoming popular within its first four years of sale.

By this time, around 280 units were sold. It featured some rather unique and advanced avionics for its time, featuring a semi-glass cockpit, with 2 electronic CRT flight displays on its top-of-the-line model, and air conditioning.

Its popularity had also shown its weaknesses overtime, as 150 of the 280 units experienced cracking of the CRT displays as they were poorly manufactured due to cost reasons, and were not certified for usage in aviation as they were not vibration tested beforehand. Two units experienced a fire in the display's driver board, and poor grounding on some units had some customers report getting shocked when handling metal components on the instrument panel, with 6 units having instrument malfunctions due to leakage current destroying some sensitive electrical components. Luckily, none of the failures resulted in injury or death. The manufacturer held a recall and offered modifications wherein the electronic instruments were replaced with more basic units.

During 2004, the company released kits and variants including updated flight instruments, with the CRT panels being replaced with LCD panels, which were better quality, and featured touch capability. Its popularity rose and saw more action in different uses. Militaries took interest and ordered some for use as light observation and training aircraft.

In the year 2015, someone online had discovered a strengthened portion of the tail assembly that were originally a part of a leftover experimental design used to attach external flight sensors or tanks, but was scrapped due to cost of development. The person decided to attach model jet engines to the part of the helicopter, which not only increased speed, but range somewhat.

This model is offered in 2022, with its high-end model only being around $260'000.

I'd like to know your thoughts, comments or suggestions. Thanks for stopping by!