Manufacturer

Phenex Aircraft Company

Year

2018

About

The XH-525 Hellbender was designed as an experimental helicopter for use by the US Air Force to replace the aging A-10s currently in service. The reasoning behind proposing a helicopter instead of a jet aircraft was recent advances in helicopter technology. The Hellbender can take off vertically like any traditional helicopter, but has 2 small turbofans that provides the Hellbender the ability to cruise at speeds up to approximately 270 mph. Without needing a runway to operate from the Hellbender can be used in more remote locations. The Hellbender was designed with a fighter cockpit as to make training aircraft pilots easier.

Specifications

Main engine: 7000 hp
Main Prop: 7 Blades
Rear engine: 250 hp
Rear Prop: 13 Blades
Cruising Engines: 2 Turbofan 11,800 lbf each
Max Weight: 16,056 lbs
Empty Weight: 12,090 lbs
Fuel capacity: 694 gallons
Countermeasures: Chaff and Flare

Armament

2 forward mini-guns
1 turret mini-gun
8 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles
4 BGM-71 TOW missiles
50 2.75-inch Rockets

Controls

Throttle – Main prop
Rudder – Rear prop pitch
Pitch – Normal
Roll – Normal
Trim – AG1 on/off Main prop trim and horizontal stab AG2 turret up/down
VTOL – AG1 on/off Cruise engines throttle – Up only AG2 turret left/right
AG1 – Cruise function
AG2 – Mini-gun turret
AG3 – AMG-114 Hellfire missiles
AG4 – BGM-71 TOW missiles
AG5 – Not Used
AG6 – Not Used
AG7 – Not Used
AG8 – Gyro – recommend always leave on!!!

Notes

Takeoff will happen around 38% throttle.
Landing between 33% - 40% throttle, vary throttle to maintain safe landing speed.
Use trim to achieve stable hover if the helicopter drifts forward or back, don't forget to turn on AG1.
Rudder doesn’t really work with cruising engines. Make sure to trim nose down when throttling up the cruising engines. This is the most detailed aircraft I think I have built. Hope you all enjoy this, since it’s the first Helicopter I have built in this game. Any advice is welcome.