The CV-57A Manta is a multi-mission, military, tiltrotor aircraft with both a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability. Created in Second Life by Amok Dynamics, the aircraft is loosely based on the fictional Quinjet created by Marvel Comics and featured in The Avengers (2012).
Background
Features
- Pilot/co-pilot's heads-up display (HUD).
- Working cockpit flight instruments.
- Controls can be swapped between pilot and copilot and vice versa.
- Animated components (rear cargo ramp, surfaces, landing gear, tiltrotors etc.)
- Working lighting (navigation lights, strobes, and beacon).
- MCE Combat System with functioning belly-mounted minigun and flares.
- Three included liveries.
- Utility version with cargo hauling ability (cargo hook lifts objects upon hook/object collision).
Images
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CV-57A Manta on display at Honah Lee Field.
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Cockpit with pilot/co-pilot seating and instrumentation.
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View of cargo/passenger section interior from rear cargo ramp.
CV-57 Manta - Utility Version