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SH-3D Sea King

116k Inuyasha8215  2.7 years ago

My first helicopter!!

The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King (company designation S-61) is an American twin-engined anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. The SH-3 Sea King is a twin-engine medium-sized amphibious rotorcraft. Many of the features on board the Sea King represented a considerable advancement over preceding helicopters. In addition to being fully amphibious and capable of operating under all weather conditions, it is the first operational American helicopter to be able to simultaneously hunt and destroy submarines. Its twin-turboshaft powerplant layout gave the SH-3 a higher payload and greater reliability than previous anti-submarine helicopters. In the event of a single engine failing, the Sea King could continue flying on a single engine.

The Sea King became operational with the United States Navy in June 1961 as the HSS-2. When the unified aircraft designation system was introduced, the aircraft's designation changed to SH-3A. It was used primarily for anti-submarine warfare: detecting and tracking Soviet submarines; in the event of an outright military conflict, they would have been used to launch attacks upon them as well. During the Vietnam War, SH-3s rescued the crews of downed aircraft at sea and over land, typically being equipped with self-sealing fuel tanks, multiple machine guns and heavy armor when performing such missions. Due to the type's greater range and the safety of having two engines, it was often used during rescue sorties into North Vietnam to retrieve downed aircrew. The Sea King was also used for medical evacuations and disaster relief efforts.

Controls:
Pitch: Move forward/backwards
Roll: Roll left/right
Yaw: Turn left/right
Throttle: Increase/decrease power

Hovering should be around 50-60% throttle

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 35.6ft (10.9m)
  • Length 42.7ft (13.0m)
  • Height 9.9ft (3.0m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 6,887lbs (3,124kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 5.756
  • Wing Loading 853.2lbs/ft2 (4,165.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 8.1ft2 (0.8m2)
  • Drag Points 1825

Parts

  • Number of Parts 330
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 957
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    Welcome to Top Gun Rescue Edition

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    10.1k Sparky6004

    I‘ve been wanting a good Sea King for a hot minute. Good build

    +1 2.7 years ago
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    3,175 Neenyboy

    I Just love seakings, What a beast. Great work and great Job on this. Keep at it man!

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    Nice work

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    28.9k ShiroNeko

    pog, someone finally made it

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    7,672 Kimfri

    inu makes a heli?! awesome!

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    Noice

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    50.6k Falkenwut

    Very nice! Keep it up!!!
    If you wish to get rid of the gyro controls, ensure that the Weight balance of the heli is right under the main rotor.

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    5,677 XiliamXD

    But this is noice I will try this

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    5,677 XiliamXD

    I only able To fly an. Heli. With gyro controls or I crash

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    1,956 SirRhyvs

    I'll make sure to try it out, but rn I'm working on ray tracing.

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    1,956 SirRhyvs

    Fastest in the world >:D

    +1 2.7 years ago