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AH-60 'Navajo' Attack Helicopter

790 AuroraPolaris  4.0 years ago
122 downloads
Auto Credit Based on 158958550's Machete attack helicopter

This is just a project that I've been working on for years at this point.
From the beginning, I've always loved the prospect of actual helicopters in SimplePlanes but never found a simple enough design that I could modify until I came across the original chopper and made it my own.
This attack helicopter is really a flying tank equipped with

16 modified Cleavers as ATGM's
4 Interceptors for self-defense
and a chin-mounted 30mm autocannon with 1500 rounds of ammo

It does have a bit of an odd control scheme however with

Activation Group-1: Starting the rotors with Trim controlling rotor Pitch
Activation Group-2: Disabling the Pitch and Roll inputs for the main rotor
Activation Group-3: Activates the auto-hover system by @FairFireFight
Activation Group-4: Enables the turret and ball sensor array on the nose of the chopper with Pitch and Roll for the controls (mouse as joystick on PC)
Activation Group-5: Activates a hidden Blasto BFE300 to provide extra speed as this thing is pretty slow with a top speed of around 600 mph when at full throttle
Activation Group-6: Is the master arm for the ATGM's
Activation Group-7: Turns on the searchlight mounted to the turret
Activation Group-8: Disables the elevator at the rear if you have any reason to but you will need to if you intend to fly this like a plane

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Machete attack helicopter
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 83.9ft (25.6m)
  • Length 102.1ft (31.1m)
  • Height 26.7ft (8.1m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 26,393lbs (11,971kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 12.962
  • Wing Loading 131.4lbs/ft2 (641.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 200.9ft2 (18.7m2)
  • Drag Points 17762

Parts

  • Number of Parts 264
  • Control Surfaces 2
  • Performance Cost 1,818

Required Mods

  • Laser Designator by WNP78
    Version 1.0 (10/31/2016 11:34:52 AM)
    View Mod Page
  • Lights by Gestour
    Version 1.0 (3/20/2019 6:43:29 AM)