(I know, I'm a bit late, sorry. But we’ve reached 300 points! Thanks, everyone! And to celebrate, I decided to build something a bit unusual for my account, a helicopter! As usual, what follows is a completely true story that simply must be told. Nothing changes.)

Note: Right at the start, the helicopter tends to spin heavily along the yaw axis. It's manageable if you get used to it and quickly stabilizes once you gain speed, after which it no longer occurs. I have no idea how to fix this properly, and if anyone with know-how has suggestions, I’d really appreciate it if you could drop a comment!

Banana Aerospace Industries is expanding its sphere of influence and proudly presents its first helicopter – the AH-4 “Banana Hawk”! It’s designed for close air support, destruction of fortifications, armored vehicles, and enemy personnel, as well as reconnaissance missions with the option to eliminate detected targets when necessary.

BACKSTORY:
Upon returning from their latest and rather lengthy expedition for materials and equipment, the logistics support forces (yes, we finally came up with a digestible name for our pirates – well, they’re not pirates anymore, they’re logistics support forces) somehow dragged in two helicopters: a Ka-52 and an AH-64.
After thorough inspection by the chief engineers, the decision was made to build our own helicopter, combining many of the design features of the captured aircraft. But that wasn’t going to happen right away. First, everyone wanted to celebrate the find properly.
As usual after any occasion, the crew went all out, and a wide variety of booze flowed like a river (yes, we drink constantly!). Naturally, everyone forgot about the helicopter idea.
But when the hangover kicked in, everything started spinning. And as the world turned into one big blur of motion, someone suddenly remembered the helicopter – the one with actual spinning blades.
Struggling to their feet, YuYsukablyat and Oguzokebani grabbed a couple of brave monkeys from the assembly floor and set off to dismantle and study the engineering solutions used in the captured “Alligator” and “Apache.” Their goal: to combine those ideas with their own and create something new. And thus, the “Banana Hawk” was born.

DESCRIPTION:
The AH-4 is a fairly classic attack helicopter. The only real oddity is its coaxial rotor system—chosen purely for aesthetic reasons and also because the designers were too lazy to deal with a tail rotor. It’s actually easier to build this way.
But banana tech is alive and well! The airframe is made of aluminum reinforced with banana fibers to improve strength and possibly reduce weight. The armor consists of a composite material that blends ceramic (reinforced with the same banana fibers) with multiple layers of titanium plating.
For the turboshaft engines, we used developments from our own Bananajet-1 turbofan, known for being high-performance and lightweight. And yes, like all our engines, the Banana Hawk runs on banana-based fuel.
The cockpit seats two: the pilot sits in the elevated rear position, once again robbed of most of the controls, while the majority of them went to the front-seated weapons operator. And yes—Kasane Teto is still here, sitting next to the operator.
The main highlight of this chopper, inherited directly from the AH-64, is the belly-mounted turret gun controlled by camera movement (you’ll need to switch to the “Turret” camera to use it).

ARMAMENT:
The aforementioned turret-mounted 25mm cannon with 300 rounds of ammo.
Two versatile Guardian missiles, primarily for air-to-air defense but can double as backup ground-attack missiles.
Eight light “Inferno” air-to-surface missiles.
Four “Inferno II” air-to-surface missiles—essentially upscaled Infernos with greater range and bigger explosions.
Four pods with seven unguided rockets each, ideal for area suppression.