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| Role |
Medium-lift Transport
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| Manufacturer |
Sikorsky, Augusta
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| RL First Flight |
8 March 1954
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| RL Introduction |
1954
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| SL First Flight |
Jan. 2021
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| SL Introduction |
TBD
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| GTFO Code |
TBD
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This virtual CH-47D is a reproduction of the Boeing Chinook tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Work on the Chinook began by Vertol in 1957 with the first helicopters entering service in 1962. With a tripple hook cargo system, the CH-47D can carry external payloads up to 26,000 pounds. The CH-47D is also ideal for carrying cargo or personel.
This virtual CH-47 from Shergood Aviation has the most advanced systems model of any helicopter in Second Life. Features include:
- Shergood Flight System
- Compatible with GTFO
- OnBoard system allows crew to walk around cabin in flight
- Fully functioning cockpit
- Nearly 100 functioning switches/knobs
- Start sequence based on (and nearly identical to) the RL Choctaw
- Six fuel tanks with both gravity and single-point refueling systems
- Five transmission systems with independent fluid tracking and monitoring instruments
- Three seprare hydraulic systems with independent fluid tracking and monitoring instruments
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- Functioning maintaince panel
- Three hook external cargo system
- Rescue hoist system
- Simulated failures
- AFCS (Autopilot)
- VOR Navigation
- Instrument Approaches
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Master Contents
Credits
- Aircraft research, model parameter tuning, SL aircraft feature design and curation, aircraft testing - Tsukino Usagi
- Sounds - Lorin Tone
- Mesh, Textures, Scripting - Kelly Shergood
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