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Easy Copter (Helicopter Challenge)

5,521 Verdnan  9.7 years ago
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Auto Credit Based on Intencer's Helicopter challenge!!!

This is my entry to the challenge. The design is meant to be simple while being easy to fly. I wanted a helicopter that anyone could master on the first flight. One you could let go of the controls, and have it return to a hover. I used a less powerful engine to try and keep the top speed below 120mph, as speeds above present undesirable characteristics. The VTOL nozzles are modded so they only turn the rotors and don't provide lift or thrust. Thanks to Stingray again for the main idea. Now you can't really autorotate as well as I wanted to. But its fairly controllable as long as you have enough forward speed. It will probably capsize when hit the water but will remain intact. And I say any landing you can swim away from is a successful landing. Now to fly just throttle to 100% and VTOL up. Thank you and enjoy.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Helicopter challenge!!!
  • Successors 13 airplane(s) +14 bonus
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 29.0ft (8.8m)
  • Length 29.0ft (8.8m)
  • Height 14.8ft (4.5m)
  • Empty Weight 6,696lbs (3,037kg)
  • Loaded Weight 13,881lbs (6,296kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.971
  • Wing Loading 51.7lbs/ft2 (252.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 268.4ft2 (24.9m2)
  • Drag Points 3782

Parts

  • Number of Parts 116
  • Control Surfaces 2
  • Performance Cost 458
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    713 FireNut58

    @Verdnan nope still having trobble

    8.2 years ago
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    5,521 Verdnan

    @FireNut58 throttle to 100% and VTOL up

    8.2 years ago
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    713 FireNut58

    im having trobble truning what am i doing wrong?

    8.2 years ago
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    16.2k LordofLego
    Thanks.
    9.4 years ago
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    5,521 Verdnan
    @LordofLego make sure you move the vtol slidder up not and throttle to 100%
    9.4 years ago
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    6,965 Falconhawk
    Awsome™©®«»
    9.4 years ago
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    16.2k LordofLego
    I can't move forward with it.
    9.4 years ago
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    5,521 Verdnan
    @Lego2250 try setting your physics to high in the settings.
    9.6 years ago
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    283 Lego2250
    Seems like a good design, but I couldn't get it off the ground without the VTOL nossles on the bottom rotor flying off into oblivion
    9.6 years ago
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    180 kowal6565
    the grettest chopper in the game...in my opinion ;)
    9.6 years ago
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    120 NolanFTW
    10/10 ign.
    9.6 years ago
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    37.2k Rohan
    The best helicopter in this game so far. Period
    9.6 years ago
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    5,521 Verdnan
    @Southwest this is actually submitted to intencers contest. I don't know if that matters to you lol. I'll can still make one for your.
    9.6 years ago
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    Congrats your in the top 5. Pleaze make a new helicopter for Playoffs It must be in by April 6th
    9.6 years ago
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    5,521 Verdnan
    @goodboygoodplane @Intencer no I don't, like I said they are just wings from the menu. Mirroring doesn't really work out to well for helicopters.
    9.6 years ago
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    He means did you mirror
    9.6 years ago
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    5,548 Intencer
    @Verdnan, you don't understand me..(
    9.6 years ago
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    5,521 Verdnan
    @Intencer no they are all just standard wings from the menu. I don't usually edit them. And I set them to symmetrical instead of semi or flat bottom.
    9.6 years ago
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    5,548 Intencer
    @Verdnan , I don't know English well so it is hard for me to explain what I am thinking about... Did u use "mirror part" function when you was building rotor?
    9.6 years ago
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    5,521 Verdnan
    @Intencer what do you mean the angle of attack? 30 degrees instead of 15?
    9.6 years ago
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    5,548 Intencer
    Well done!! Good controls, no help of thrust to lift up but it seems you somewhere made a mistake in rotor... Or it is because of length... Idk but it need large angle of wings to start take off. I don't say your heli bad, just try find a reason for future why it so. Check my heli, maybe it helps. You are in!!
    9.6 years ago
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    50.4k Stingray
    Takeoff & water landing are easy!
    9.6 years ago