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GRA AL-72 "Fighting Guppy"

42.4k Supercraft888  7.4 years ago
255 downloads
Auto Credit Based on Supercraft888's L-72 Guppy

Ah ha! I kept my promise. Hello everyone, Supercraft888 here, and this is a military attack version of my pretty successful "L-72 Guppy". I think it flies rather well and you can definitely beat the convoy mission with this given some practise. I originally didn't mean to bring this into my fictional universe by I thought, why not right? Also, I don't want to brag, but I think it may be one of the easiest to fly helicopters on the site. Also, once again, many thanks to the wonderful Liquidfox for helping me with this baby.

---Instructions---
(Same as before but I'll go over them again)
•To ascend raise VTOL up, go slowly
•To hover raise VTOL just slightly above the neutral
•To go forward, use pitch
•To roll, use roll
•To yaw, use yaw (yaw only works on low speeds)
•Combine roll and yaw in the same direction to do a super tight turn

---Description---

"This thing is like the flying equivalent to a tractor with guns, but a really freaking deadly tractor"
Anonymous USF airforce serviceman

During the early days of the GRA's conception, the need for a cheap, quick to convert, easy to hide, and quick to deploy aerial attack vehicle was needed to fight against the USF troops. The solution was putting weapons on a L-72 Guppy. Not only was it cheap as the vehicle already existed, one could hide the weapons when under investigtion so it looked like a normal agricultural helicopter, and it could be easily loaded with troops and deployed en mass, outnumbering USF strongholds.

The first version had .50 cal machine guns strapped to makeshift holders, but soon would become a force to be reckoned with when attached with full military gear. It would be replaced by the much more militaristic AL-99 "Beta Fish" but still found great use on the battlefields even late into the war. Even after the war, private military corporations and police forces would still use these on high threat missions, even outliving the original purpose it was I tended for, agriculture.

-Quotes regarding the AL-72 Fighting guppy-

"My friend used to use these, says he still likes them more than the 'beta fish' though."
-Herschel Lee Jameson, Captain of the Benevolent Hand

"We arrested so many farmers who weren't actually GRA that it's disturbing how easy it is to turn one of these into a killing machine"
-Victoria Galway, Commander of the USF 58 division

"I'm a farm boy turned great hero after blowing up the most fortified stronghold the USF had on this planet... Where have I heard this story before?"
-Liam Azure

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor L-72 Guppy
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 23.0ft (7.0m)
  • Length 28.0ft (8.5m)
  • Height 9.6ft (2.9m)
  • Empty Weight 4,117lbs (1,867kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,891lbs (2,218kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.327
  • Wing Loading 116.1lbs/ft2 (566.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 42.2ft2 (3.9m2)
  • Drag Points 2971

Parts

  • Number of Parts 72
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 269
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    @Epicfail
    Thank you!

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    1,230 Epicfail

    @Supercraft888 this is nice dude it works simply in every way. Great build.

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    @Supercraft888 no problemo 🙂

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    Thanks for the upvotes guys!

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    Thanks for the upvotes y'all!

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    30.9k DankDorito

    Pls fix https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/H0VzFH/BESH-3-HummingBird @Supercraft888

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    6,368 KDS

    No problem. @Supercraft888

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    Appreciate the upvotes!

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    Thanks for the upvotes guys!

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