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ThrustLine AH-01 Amphibious Helo "Glenfield"

Under no circumstance should anyone re-post this vehicle without my permission. If you significantly modify both the looks of the vehicle, and logic and wish to post it, contact me prior to posting it.

I feel like its worth mentioning I am not an aircraft expert, I really don't know much about aviation, any tips or operations that i get wrong in the description of this vehicle, is due to the fact that i just researched the general basic operations of helicopters, feel free to mention if i got something wrong. I'm open to suggestions.


If you need a helicopter that is good for transport and rescue operations, look no further then the AH-01 Amphibious Helicopter™. Sporting a 21 cylinder supercharged engine, there is no task that this helicopter can't handle, unless it can't handle it of course!
This helicopter also has a range of 100+ KM which means you can definitely take it to the arctic if need be, with fuel to spare, and before you ask, this helicopter has a good cooling capacity where the temp only really gets to about 65 Degrees Celius before it levels
out. This also happens to be the first successful helicopter as all my other ones had engine problems which made be get burnt out of helicopters real quick in regards to helicopters in general, but now i have since fixed the engine problems and no more with the engine problems,
now is the era of running these engines hard. I was inspired to make this helicopter for @Captain_Cockerels Build Challenge Delta which i will be submitting this creation to for review!

• <$40,000
  
• 100+KM Range
  
• Functioning Heading Hold (2 Modes)
  
• Functioning Alt Hold
  
• Equipments Needed For Career
  
• Simplistic Instrument Panel Design For Less Experienced Aviation People
  
• 100+ Knots Max Speed With Ducted Fan Activated
  
• Good Cooling Capacity
  
• Rated up to 50% wind water landing
  
• Space For 9 NPC's In The Fuselage
  
• Manual Bilge Pumps To Pump Out Water Of The Fuselage
  
  
  Start-up Procedure
  
  Step 1: Once in the pilot seat, Set Up/Down Trim to any number below -0.25, this is the ensure the helicopter can spin up to the desired RPS.
  Step 2: Make sure you have a good amount of diesel in your fuel tanks before starting the engine, If not refer to the fueling instructions.
  Step 3: Turn on these following switches located on the overhead instrument panel: Master power, Systems, Air Pump, Fuel Valve, Nav Lights, Landing Light, and Beacon.
  Step 4:Once you have flipped those switches, press the engine start button on the overhead console.
  Step 5:wait until Flight RPS (on the center console) has been reached before referring to the Take-off Procedure.
  
  
  Take-Off Procedure
  
  Step 1: Once flight RPS has been reached, start to throttle the engine up to max (around 14.75 RPS)
  Step 2: Turn on the strobe lights on the overhead console.
  Step 3: It is recommended to turn on Auto-Hover on the center console for added stability, but is not needed as the aircraft is actually pretty stable without.
  Step 4: I find that 0.02 Yaw trim is optimal for the straightest flying.
  Step 5: Start to remove the Up/Down trim until it is at 0
  Step 6: Start to press the up arrow until you are successfully off the ground.
  Step 7 Once off the ground lift the landing gear with the button on the center console, and the turn off the strobe lights, and landing light as well.
  
  
  Useful Flying information
  
  1. When you fly above 100M off the ground, up/down will be added to your pitch to make it a bit easier to look around the cab with your mouse.
  2. You can use the Ducted Fan to gain additional speed (around 20 knots extra)
  3. You can use the Alt hold (located to the left of the pilot seat) in conjunction with the ducted fan to have a nice smooth ride without having to maintain/manage altitude.
  
  
  Ground Landing Procedure
  
  Prerequisite: Turn off the ducted fan before landing if you have it on.
  Realistic operations tip: If you are landing at an active runway to taxi into a hangar, you should have your strobe light on until you have stopped landing
  Step 1: Slow down until you are hovering in the air above where you wish to land.
  Step 2: Extend the landing gear, and turn on landing light
  Step 2.1: If you need more of a fine tune landing, you can use the monitor on the center console to see a camera pointing in parallell with the landing gear legs for more information on where your craft is.
  Step 3: Start to decend slowly until you touch the ground.
  Step 4: Once you have touched down, set the Up/Down trim to -0.25 or below.
  Step 5. Press 3 to reset the throttle of the engine.
  Step 6 (optional): If you plan on turning off the engine, do the startup procedure, but backwards.
  
  
  Water Landing Procedure
  
  The water landing is generally the same as the ground landing with a few differences.
  
  1. Do not land the helicopter in the water with winds above 50%/70KPH+, if you do that, you risk the helicopter capsizing.
  2. Do not extend landing gear for a water landing.
  3. You can use the heading hold to make sure you do not spin in place in the water.
  4. The regular door will be locked in the water to avoid water from getting into the fuselage, so you will have to use the sea hatch in the water.
  
  
  Fuelling Instructions
  
  There 2 ports on either side of the Helicopter. Plug a hose into the hose anchor and start pumpin'.
  
  
  Other Information
  
  Known Issue(s):
  If you go crazy on Collective+Pitch+Yaw, The engine will bog down, on a previous version, the torque of the engine wasn't enough to get the rotor RPS back up to speed, so i've added 7 cylinders and seems to perform better and i think it wont stall anymore, but i would still go easy on the rotor collective/pitch and the tail rotor's yaw.
  
  
  Updates
  
  September 8th, 2023:
  Increased Top Speed From 71 Knots, to 103 Knots. The way i did it may make the engine more sensitive then it already is to hard manoeuvres. So far in testing, I haven't had problems, let me know in the comments if you do have problems with normal operations of this craft.
  
  Transponder locator beeps actually register now, making it easier to find rescue missions using transponders without having to look at the dash.
  
  Improved Floating of the helicopter, generally sits higher.
  
  Moved essential engine controls to the middle of the overhead console to reduce likelihood of pressing the wrong thing.
  
  General Improvements and fixes.
  
  September 8th, 2023 (Addendum):
  
  Working on increasing fuel efficiency, as the last update decreased the fuel efficiency from 4.8 S/L (Seconds/Litre) in the air with the ducted fan, to basically 3S/L. With the optimisations i've made, i was able to get it up from 3S/L to around 4.4 S/L bringing it closer to the original fuel efficiency of the craft. I will continue to work and try to optimize to see if i can possibly make it better then the original as i'm confident that i could make it better. (Around 5.2 S/L as that would be the best case scenario in my testing.)
  
  Addendum to the Addendum (Lol) :I've done a small bit more of testing, and managed to get the fuel efficency right back up to 4.78S/L, which was basically the originals fuel efficiency, As i said i'll work on it some more, but as far as i know, this will be the last update for a little bit until i can get the best fuel efficiency possible.
  
  
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