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Bell AH-54 "Helios"

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[Part of FranzPeterSiegfried's cold war rp]

Oooo, new helicopter I see. Also part of FranzPeterSiegfried's "dead" roleplay I see. Anyways, I built this for the roleplay and for use of my rp country. Not much, gonna upload a WRAF livery later...... anyways, enjoy or........
Enjoy Vietnam

Fortunate son intensifies

(Continued from: USS Pacific)....said John as he tell the story in which he had seen an SF-69 fly with one wing. "Grandpa, can you please tell us more stories", said one of his grandchildren. "Of course", John replied, it was his day off. "When I was 18 years old, I got drafted into Vietnam. I also had some old classmates get drafted with me. It was 1968, everything was brutal. I remember riding those helicopters called the Helios.....". "You rode a Helios helicopter once, wow, that's my favourite helicopter. Can you tell me more about the Helios.", Said one of his grandchildren. "Well, the Helios is a Helicopter used in the Vietnam war as a troop transport, gunship and attack aircraft. One of its main features is it's retractable weapon pylons.",he replied."anyways as I was saying......" (To be continued)

Instructions:

Throttle for takeoff
Ag 1 to activate main weapons
Ag 2 to activate side gun
Ag 8 to toggle gyro
VTOL to turn guns
Trim to elevate guns
Landing gear to open door

Stats:

  • producer: bell aircraft
  • max speed: idk
  • armament: 1 12mm main gun and 1 M60-ish side gun
  • payload: 42 rocket pods and 6 rockets
  • crew: 3(pilot, copilot and side gunner)
  • status: active outside the US, retired in us soil
  • number produced: 5700 onwards
  • unit cost: 340,000$

notes:.

Side heavy on the right, used weight to counter
Weapons are wobbly
Tends to auto-yaw

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Request
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 11.3ft (3.5m)
  • Length 63.7ft (19.4m)
  • Height 18.3ft (5.6m)
  • Empty Weight 15,319lbs (6,949kg)
  • Loaded Weight 15,693lbs (7,118kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 10.899
  • Wing Loading 319.6lbs/ft2 (1,560.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 49.1ft2 (4.6m2)
  • Drag Points 5545

Parts

  • Number of Parts 172
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 850