Heavy Cargo Helicopter ("C5b")
The C5b is a large cargo helicopter powered by twin jet turbine engines. I've refined it's design slightly since uploading it, so it isn't exactly like the pictures, but the differences are small.
It's designation "C5b" can be broken down into three simple components "C" for Cargo (the type of work it is designed for), "5" indicating it can haul 5 (3 inside the fuselage and 2 attached via ropes on the underside) standard Stormworks containers, and "b" is for Basic, since this helicopter is nothing fancy.
Along with many different technologies, including an automatic engine kill switch and automatic heater control, this helicopter has everything that a helicopter of this nature would probably need (other than a GPS map).
In addition to autohover, there is also a "Ground Mode" which disables the pilot (and copilot's) airborne control systems (pitch/roll/yaw/collective > Ground Mode > steering/brakes/throttle) allowing for heavily speed limited travel while grounded, making it possible to load/unload cargo inside of hangars that are big enough for this behemoth to fit inside of.
The loading system for the interior of the fuselage is quite simple, the controls are at the rear and you have very little to look at, there is a lever to control the roof mounted sliders' speed, along with labelled buttons to either pull cargo in, or push cargo out. The final controls are the electric connector release and the container slot activation flip-switches (of which there are three, where one is the closest to the cargo bay doors).
As for the belly mounted winches, they are operated from the cockpit and have ropes supplied along the belly of the helicopter, there are also rope anchors (with ropes provided) attached to the sides of the electric connector..
The dashboard in the cockpit contains many buttons, and many more dials/gauges. There is a panel that displays the outputs for the airborn controls (Pitch/Roll/Yaw/Collective) along with an indicator on the pilot's side for Copilot having control, or for the Copilot requesting control. Above eye level is the controls for the belly winches, the keypad for the automatic heaters, cabin lights toggle, and a force heaters on toggle. In the center, there are three levers: Closest to the pilot is the engine throttle, in the middle is the rotor clutch and closest to the copilot is the thrust spoiler for the jet engines. Also in the middle is a 2x3 Monitor that displays a rear view, cargo bay view or belly view, through the use of two two-step toggles and five small cameras. The final dial cluster contains fuel fill level (in %), fuel pressure (Atm), airspeed (in km/h) and vertical speed (in m/s). There is an Altimeter, and pre-labeled inputs in the pilot/copilot's seat labeled for different lights
Though not enough to roll you forwards while grounded, the jet engines can produce enough thrust to push you forwards while airborne to a degree.
Things to note:
1. Controls - The Yaw is a bit abnormal in it's reaction speed, so you may want to mess with the sensitivity of the Yaw to find the value that feels right for you.
2. Insta-Stop Rotor Technology - When you turn off the ignition, the inertia from the rotors is sent into a very heavily geared up generator which brings the rotors to a near instant stop, even from full speed. So if you accidentally flip the ignition off while in the air, you will not be staying in the air for very long.
3. Stability and Lifting Capacity - This helicopter is relatively stable, but really doesn't like sitting still. It will start to smoothly ascend at below half throttle, and can easily take-off with 3 standard Stormworks containers at less than 0.75% throttle. After extensive testing, and some engine tweaks, I have found the weight lifting capacity to be over 7 times the C5b's own empty weight, or over a hundred thousand mass! However, the safe lift capacity is greatly reduced while lifting solely with ropes because of the nature of ropes in Stormworks. (Ropes can suddenly contract and slam the helicopter into the ground if you lift too quickly, as I learned the hard way, lol)
I will be making more variants of the C5-series Helicopter for other purposes, such as medical transport, fire rescue and passenger transportation.
I will also possibly introduce a C1,2,3 or 4-series (however it works out) as smaller varients, plus potentially a C6,7,8,9, or 10-series as larger variants.
