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The Floativator

Big waves got your helicopter down? Doing sea rescues in single player? Then you need the Floativator(tm). This is what happens when a real life pilot and professional programmer designs a virtual aircraft.

The outer passenger compartment lowers 20 meters and floats in the sea so that the rest of the helicopter doesn't have to. Lower down the floating elevator, load up to twelve survivors, raise it back up and whisk them off to the nearest hospital. Hover 20 meters nearby the hospital and ride the elevator back down to avoid risk of tangling the rotors in the trees. Remote control (channel 1) the helicopter from the elevator or anywhere nearby.

Fasten your seatbelts: With its custom modular engine, this helicopter can do 500 kph (with a tailwind) for more than half an hour, burning only cheap and widely available diesel fuel. Hover time is 150 minutes. Cruise at 270 kph for about two hours. One engine cylinder can be shut down for additional fuel savings. The rotors turn off automatically at high speeds.

Flight is easy with standard helicopter controls. To start, flip on the main power breaker and long press "engine start". Hotkey 5 toggles the pusher propellers.

Floativator's main mission is finding floating loot crates, and it does this so well that it might just pay for itself on its first trip! The helicopter remembers where loot crates were last pinged by the radar and will literally fly circles around them until you stop and pick them up.

The cockpit is nearly all glass, making it easier to keep your eye on the loot. The main radar panel is overhead but the direction and distance to discovered loot crates automatically appear on the main HUD. By default the radar range is 5,000 meters, but this can be set to as little as 500 meters by tapping on the main radar panel. Tap on any of the loot crate indicators on the main HUD and the helicopter will set course to it. Once there, hit hotkey 5 to turn off the pusher propellers and hotkey 6 to cancel heading hold to keep your eye on the loot. Tap 'C' to clear all remembered loot crates from the main HUD.

Set course to any waypoint by selecting it on your map (default 'M') and then click "Input Waypoint" on the keypad. Hold the current heading, head to the waypoint, head to selected loot or cancel heading hold by tapping the heading hold panel. The overhead map displays direction and distance to your waypoint.

Tips:

Small cargo can be stored in the cockpit and larger cargo moved by the mag-all winch. The mag-all winch can also be used as an air anchor while hovering, to pull small boats, etc. To use the fire pump, first hover to 10 meters and then lower the pump winch into the water. To avoid waves flipping the elevator, ride the harness down then lower the elevator using the harness or remote control. For high wind sea rescues, lower the mag-all and anchor it to the floating ship or aircraft. The mag-all can also be lowered using the remote control, but be sure to turn it off when you're done to avoid snagging the elevator.

Compatible with these mini-submarine modules.

See also the floating version.

Thanks to these contributors:

TT's TT Tilt Rotor Control Module https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2252901133

jecki1379's Radar https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2176478892

Mr. Leonard's Heading Hold Microcontroller https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1812041566

FN-20's Configurable HUD https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2136926352

maX's Button Clutch https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1740627884

Snjo's Map and waypoint heading controller https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2232677179

Snjo's Beacon interval display https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2252744864

depoultry's RPS Controller https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1784722229

the radar display from Ossan3's Rescue Ship 白波(SHIRANAMI) https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2348297773

Tajin's *LUA* Touchscreen Button Framework https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1742668093

Fits inside G_Tugg's Submarine Aircraft Carrier MK4 https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2363571374

Cockpit design inspired by Outcast's Outcast Industries Alouette II Hkp2 Alt
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2025323792

Do not reskin, reupload, etc.