AH-72A Lakota
Meet the Lakota, she’s beauty AND the beast all in one. Having dual pusher-props to accelerate to 400+ mph and have enough armament to level half a city, the Lakota is no regular helicopter. The props are even thrust-vectored to preform astounding feats of acrobatics... have you ever seen a chopper do somersaults and cartwheels?
To lift off : Max throttle then raise VTOL to maximum to change the collective pitch. Control is the same as any other helicopter until - Activate AG3 for pusher props, and watch as you accelerate to stupid fast speeds. Don’t forget to disable the gyro which is AG8. At around 300-350mph, center VTOL and fly it like a regular plane. A little trim is needed to maintain level flight using autopilot. To land, disable the pusher props and slow down to a hover. If you really need help AG1 is the hover gyro (or can be autopilot in level high speed flight)
Probably the best flying helicopter I have flown in SP. Mucho thanks to @Leehopard for creating such a solid foundation and realistic flight model.
Specifications
Spotlights
- denialofservice 6.2 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 41.6ft (12.7m)
- Length 51.3ft (15.6m)
- Height 16.8ft (5.1m)
- Empty Weight 19,806lbs (8,983kg)
- Loaded Weight 28,668lbs (13,003kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.47
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.245
- Wing Loading 32.6lbs/ft2 (159.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 878.2ft2 (81.6m2)
- Drag Points 6989
Parts
- Number of Parts 300
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 2,215
For some reason it didn’t auto credit @leehopard for his OG build. I just made it go fast and blow things up @breitling
Really fun to play around with!
yours?