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MD902 Explorer (Air Ambulance)

9,564 FX6Aviaton  10 months ago

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Hello, today I decided to post the MD902 Explorer helicopter. It took me a few days to make it, but it's finally done, it's very simple. The only problem is that it has over 150 parts, so I'm going to increase the parts limit to 200.
Be very careful when you land him, because sometimes he gets out of control, but if he's too slow, you don't have to worry about that.
I'm making other MD helicopters, the MD520 and the MD600, they will be posted at the end of this month (if I have time to finish them).
Hope you like the aircraft.


Wikipedia:

The MD Helicopters MD Explorer is a light twin-engined utility helicopter designed and initially produced by the American rotorcraft specialist McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems.
On 18 December 1992, the maiden flight was conducted, initial certification for the type followed roughly two years later. The initial model, the MD 900, was joined by an improved successor, the MD 902, during the late 1990s. The Explorer is currently produced by MD Helicopters.
In January 1989, McDonnell Douglas Helicopters officially announced the launch of the Explorer, which it initially referred to as the MDX. Amongst other things, the Explorer was the first McDonnell Douglas helicopter to incorporate the NOTAR system from its initial design. McDonnell Douglas partnered with Hawker de Havilland of Australia, which handled the manufacturing of the airframes. A total of ten prototypes were constructed, seven of which being used for ground-based tests. McDonnell Douglas Helicopters became a launch customer for Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW200 turboshaft engines, for which it had an exclusive agreement to power the first 128 Explorers with pairs of PW206As. While plans had been mooted to offer the Turbomeca Arrius powerplant as an alternative option, these were subsequently discarded.


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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +14 bonus
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 30.4ft (9.3m)
  • Length 35.4ft (10.8m)
  • Height 12.0ft (3.7m)
  • Empty Weight 8,048lbs (3,650kg)
  • Loaded Weight 8,943lbs (4,056kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 50.256
  • Wing Loading 369.3lbs/ft2 (1,803.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 24.2ft2 (2.3m2)
  • Drag Points 4339

Parts

  • Number of Parts 160
  • Control Surfaces 2
  • Performance Cost 662
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    @14FanFlight What tar?

    +1 10 months ago
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    374 14Fan

    @ThomasRoderick Ah, makes sense. I thought it was a joke about tar…

    +1 10 months ago
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    @14FanFlight NoTaR stands for No Tail Rotor.

    +1 10 months ago
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    374 14Fan

    Stupid question: Why is the designation No-Tar?

    +1 10 months ago