Multi Purpose SAR/Cargo Steam Copter WIP
No mods or cheats or xml edits used. Completely vanilla and using components as intended.
Electric/Steam Powered Heli that can transition into plane mode to cover distance quicker via ducted fans on the side.
Enough room for two cargo boxes in the cargo bay, still need to add a crane system and door. Has built in auto adjusting ballast system in bottom center float to hopefully adjust center of mass when fully laden with cargo. Still needs more in depth stress testing but hauling cargo should operate just fine once i get the crane and door built
Seating area and healing area for SAR, interior still needs work.
Has pontoons for emergency water landings/rescues.
Spent quite a bit of time getting it to fly how i want it still needs some tuning/polish flight wise but definitely "good enough" for now to make it usable/testable.
Ive gotten it up to 250 when in plane mode (once turbines and system rps is fully spun up, i had best luck around 75-80 throttle for max top speed).
How to operate:
Load in, wait for steam turbines to spin up, once you see swatts start to climb or system rps start to climb you can either engage the rotor via a lever above the left side of pilots head or you can engage the thrusters (ducted fans) via a lever on the right side of the chair on the floor. Can take off in heli or plane mode.
For landing id recommend reducing thrusters and engaging rotor and landing as a helicopter.
Startup procedure is completely automated. Uses an electric/steam turbine generator setup to make power.
Tested with damage on/ and inf electric and fuel off so should run in any game mode, ive let it fly overnight a few times with damage on, and inf fuel and electric off and came back the next day and it was still flying with no issues to super reliable.
Has experimental landing gear, goes forward and back, has tracks with piston suspension, control is on right side above pilot head.
Copilot chair has nothing hooked up. Pilot chair is on the left.
More to come.
