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The Boeing CH-47D Chinook (ICAO: H47 / WAKE: MEDIUM) is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Created in Second Life by Amok Dynamics, the aircraft was based on the real-life CH-47 Chinook.

Background

The real-life Chinook's primary roles are troop movement, artillery placement and battlefield resupply. It has a wide loading ramp at the rear of the fuselage and three external-cargo hooks. With a top speed of 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h) the helicopter is faster than contemporary 1960s utility and attack helicopters. The CH-47 is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name is from the Native American Chinook people.

The Chinook was designed and initially produced by Boeing Vertol in the early 1960s; it is now produced by Boeing Rotorcraft Systems. It is one of the few aircraft of that era – along with the fixed-wing Lockheed C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft – that remain in production and frontline service, with over 1,200 built to date. The helicopter has been sold to 16 nations with the U.S. Army and the Royal Air Force being its largest users.

Features

  • Pilot's heads-up display (HUD).
  • VICE combat system with functioning rear gun mount and functioning flares.
  • CMS enhanced.
  • Nine included liveries.
  • Two flight-modes.
  • Controls can be swapped between pilot and copilot and vice versa.
  • Functioning rear ramp & side door.
  • Functioning landing gear.

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