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Vireo 925- WinchMaster

8,025 Sockdragger  one month ago
Auto Credit Based on Sockdragger's Vireo 925- WinchMaster VTOL steering

WinsWings' magnificent Vireo 925 helicopter, equipped with a winch. after WinsWings posted his own version as a rescue helicopter, I set out to tweak its winch/pickup capacities by writing some code for hovering and also play with the controls. I'm still nowhere near my goal to be able to launch and pick up a rescue diver from a hovering helicopter but I already included three dummy targets you can practice on..I am pretty decent in picking up the largest one already. As for the rest: detailed instructions are in the 'instruction' tab.

And again, credit goes to WinsWings for building the original Vireo

Ps, this helicopter has my favorite layout of Collective Pitch on Throttle. A version with Winswings original layout of Throttle=engine, VTOL = Pitch, can be found HERE

Ps2: my apologies to Jean Van Hamme, Largo Winch and Winch-Air airlines

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Vireo 925- WinchMaster VTOL steering
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 33.5ft (10.2m)
  • Length 107.9ft (32.9m)
  • Height 18.1ft (5.5m)
  • Empty Weight 8,324lbs (3,775kg)
  • Loaded Weight 8,855lbs (4,016kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 12.942
  • Wing Loading 185.4lbs/ft2 (905.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 47.8ft2 (4.4m2)
  • Drag Points 5101

Parts

  • Number of Parts 95
  • Control Surfaces 3
  • Performance Cost 599