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Bell 222 "Airwolf"

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Airwolf is the helicopter from the 1980s American television series of the same name. The helicopter is a modified conventional Bell 222 helicopter in order for it to be able to be used in military applications, it's modification includes a concealable twin 40mm cannon and quad 12.7mm machine guns on the stub wings and a retractable weapons bay, capable of carrying various air to ground and air to air weaponry, it was also made to be able to fly at supersonic speeds and had a stratospheric ceiling, on top of that the helicopter was fitted with IRCMs and radar absorbing material.

In this SP version however, it's a close rendition of the actual helicopter, albeit with reduced parameters, it's scale is 70% of it's original counterpart, it can only achieve speeds of up to mach 1 (Mach 1 as in, 1000km/h) compared to the original's mach 2, and it had a reduced weapons capacity, but regardless it is a very agile explosive laden and lead filled helicopter, it is armed with three AGM-114 Hellfire AGMs and three FiM-43 Redeye AAMs, it also had a concealed 12.7mm MGs and 40mm cannons, it can also transition between helicopter flight to plane flight with a press of a button, with 2 jets in the stub wings powering the helicopters plane flight, though do note that this helicopter is a quite underpowered, that's because I have to cut the collective of the main rotor down because it was overpowering the tiny tail rotor, which made the helicopter very hard to control, even with a gyro helping to turn the helicopter, so just keep the collective at max while flying.

Controls :
AG1 : conceal/reveal MGs and cannons
AG2 : retract/extend weapons bay and arm it
AG3 : transition between helicopter and plane
AG6 : landing lights
AG7 : navigation and anti collision lights

Note : also be sure to set the collective to neutral when in plane mode, because it's basically like driving a Bugatti down the road while sticking out an open umbrella out the window when the collective is set to max while in plane mode

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 8.6ft (2.6m)
  • Length 32.3ft (9.8m)
  • Height 7.9ft (2.4m)
  • Empty Weight 8,380lbs (3,801kg)
  • Loaded Weight 8,691lbs (3,942kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 13.031
  • Wing Loading 168.9lbs/ft2 (824.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 51.5ft2 (4.8m2)
  • Drag Points 3276

Parts

  • Number of Parts 129
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 745