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SHADO Shadair Kingfisher Gyrocopter

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SHADO 'Kingfisher' VTOL Heli-Jet Aircraft that can be deployed for transportation or reconnaissance. It is a very fast and efficient way to get S.H.A.D.O. personnel to a target destination.The Kingfisher can hover, take off, and land vertically. It can also operate in other modes as well, such as CTOL (conventional take-off and landing), STOL (short take-off and landing), or STOVL (short take-off and vertical landing). VTOL is a subset of V/STOL (vertical or short take-off and landing). Generally speaking, VTOL aircraft capable of STOVL use it wherever possible, since it typically significantly increases takeoff weight, range or payload compared to purely employing VTOL.


VTOL takeoff:
1. VTOL down
2. Throttle to at least 50%
3. When at least 1,000ft up, VTOL to neutral.
4. When at least 300mhp, disable AG8

Conventional takeoff:
Disable AG8

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 2 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 41.0ft (12.5m)
  • Length 34.2ft (10.4m)
  • Height 15.5ft (4.7m)
  • Empty Weight 12,353lbs (5,603kg)
  • Loaded Weight 12,823lbs (5,816kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.051
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.467
  • Wing Loading 47.8lbs/ft2 (233.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 268.4ft2 (24.9m2)
  • Drag Points 4756

Parts

  • Number of Parts 116
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 504