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NRS/A-1A Helios

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Calibre-Commonwealth
NRS/A-1A Helios
Strategic Reconnaissance Surface Warfare Attack Aircraft

NRS/U-1A Helios is a twin-engined strategic reconnaissance surface warfare attack aircraft which has capabilities of attacking any strategic targets such as aircraft carrier, building, etc. It was developed by Calibre-Commonwealth Aerospace Programmes.

The Helios has its origin being developed from the Blackburn Botha (Already auto-credited) and is reverse engineered by Calibre-Commonwealth, it has confiscated the Botha’s fuselages and most of the airframes. The differences from the Botha is the engines which is replaced by turboprop engines and it’s size which is significantly bigger than the Botha.

Design Overview
The Helios is a four-engined strategic reconnaissance surface warfare attack aircraft. The aircraft is a high-wing monoplane with a tail unit featuring twin fins and rudders. The Helios featured fibre-reinforced composite construction with a smooth, stressed skin covering the majority of the exterior surfaces; the flight control surfaces were an exception, being made by glass laminate aluminum reinforced epoxy instead.

Performance
Maximum speed: 220 MPH at full loaded weight (standard armament); 225 MPH at empty weight (JATO not used); 290 MPH when JATO is activated; 235 MPH at empty weight (JATO and payloads jettisoned)

Cruise speed: 190 to 210 MPH at full loaded weight (standard armament); 215 to 220MPH at empty weight (JATO not used); 225 to 230 at empty weight (JATO and payloads jettisoned)

Armament
Guns: 5x .303 Browning Machine Guns (4 in nose turret, 1 in cockpit dorsal turret)
Missiles: 1x AM-39 Exocet anti-ship and strategic missile, boarded under the fuselage. Fuselage detacher can be replaced with any weapons.

Manual: Landing Gear for safety front gear(safety gear preventing nose collision when landing) and back gear

VTOL down to retract gear frontwards (gear can be retract backward by VTOL up but it will be collide with JATO, please detach JATO after used to retract the gear this way)

How to use special things: JATO; Jet-assisted takeoff (JATO Booster by IStoleYourMeme), Is a temporary jet engine assisting in takeoff or other purposes by adding up speed instantly by it’s jet engine

Group 1 to activate JATO, the aircraft might pitch up slightly
Group 2 to detach JATO after used, wait until it run out of fuel

AM-39 Exocet (Custom missile made by baallzebub)
Lock on by just lock on using inferno on air to ground section, recommended range is at 3.0nm because it is quite heavy even though it can be lock on at 4.5nm
Press fire to ignite engine
Group 3 to detach it and let it fly by itself after ignited the engine

Warnings!: Do NOT makes any excessive manoeuvre or else it will snap itself up

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Blackburn Botha
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 79.8ft (24.3m)
  • Length 72.9ft (22.2m)
  • Height 25.7ft (7.8m)
  • Empty Weight 28,808lbs (13,067kg)
  • Loaded Weight 31,519lbs (14,296kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.19
  • Wing Loading 50.0lbs/ft2 (244.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 630.4ft2 (58.6m2)
  • Drag Points 23416

Parts

  • Number of Parts 197
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 845
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    @Tang0five It has got only two propellers, other two you're mentioning is the Jet-assisted takeoff or the JATO which is actually four (two big one, two small one) installed under the wing gear and it looks like a missile pod or something because it's actually missile assisting in takeoff speed.

    5.1 years ago
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    52.5k Tang0five

    Interesting stuff, where’s the other 2 engines I only can see 2?

    5.1 years ago