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The Boeing CH-47 Chinook (ICAO: H47 / WAKE: MEDIUM) is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Created in Second Life by Shergood Aviation, the aircraft was based on the real-life CH-47 Chinook.

Background[]

The real-life Chinook's primary roles are troop movement, artillery placement and battlefield resupply. It has a wide loading ramp at the rear of the fuselage and three external-cargo hooks. With a top speed of 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h) the helicopter is faster than contemporary 1960s utility and attack helicopters. The CH-47 is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name is from the Native American Chinook people.

The Chinook was designed and initially produced by Boeing Vertol in the early 1960s; it is now produced by Boeing Rotorcraft Systems. It is one of the few aircraft of that era – along with the fixed-wing Lockheed C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft – that remain in production and frontline service, with over 1,200 built to date. The helicopter has been sold to 16 nations with the U.S. Army and the Royal Air Force being its largest users.

The SA-FE (Shergood Aviation Flight Engine) engine driving this virtual reproduction was created by an RL helicopter pilot and designed to fly like an RL helicopter. The engine is purely physics based and features independent control of cyclic, collective, throttle and anti-torque pedals enabling true power-off autorotations.[1]

Features[]

  • Compatible with GTFO!
  • SA-FE (Shergood Aviation Flight Engine) scripting with:
  • Independent cyclic, collective, throttle and anti-torque controls
  • Force/torque based physics model
  • Realism features can be enabled or disabled to adjust level of difficulty.
  • Weight dependent performance (fuel and passengers)
  • Main rotor torque (pedals must be used to compensate)
  • Independent engine and rotor RPM
  • True power-off autorotations
  • Ground effect increases lift near surfaces (land, water, or prim)
  • Translational lift increases lift with forward airspeed
  • Translating tendency results in a "left skid low" look during hover.
  • Vortex ring state danger exists when helicopter is mishandled
  • Working electrical system with rechargeable battery.
  • Exterior lighting (instrumentation, navigation, landing, Formation, and taxi lights).
  • Refuelling system with fuel quantity control
  • OnBoard system allows crew to walk around cabin in flight
  • Fully functioning cockpit
  • Start sequence based on the RL Chinook
  • 6 fuel tanks with both gravity and single-point refueling systems
  • 5 transmission systems + 3 spare hydraulic systems with independent fluid tracking and monitoring instruments
  • Functioning maintainance panel
  • 3 hook external cargo system
  • Realistic Sound based on the RL Chinook
  • Rescue hoist system
  • Fully functioning dual controls.
  • Paint kit system for user customizable painting.
  • Unique N-number and serial number assigned to each aircraft.
  • HOBBS meter tracks total time on aircraft.
  • Access control system: owner only, guest or registered pilots.
  • Passenger control - enable/disable access to passenger seats
  • Dust/water particle effects when hovering near a surface.
  • Many opening doors and panels with click-able components
  • Simulated failures and damages (collision)

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