MD500E
The MD Helicopters MD 500 series is an American family of light utility civilian and military helicopters. The MD 500 was developed from the Hughes 500, a civilian version of the US Army's OH-6A Cayuse/Loach.
50 Prims / 55 Li
Modifiable Helicopter!
Prims and Textures modifiable, scripts are not.
Textures included
This package Contains:
MD500E = Fully Scripted Aircraft
MD500E DISPLAY = Display version without scripts
MD500 HUD
MD500E Textures
cargo cable script (everyone)
cargo cable script (owner)
Model & Textures created by Sylvira (sylviramaus) Owner of .: Virtual SYL Design :.
Scripts, sounds, animations by Tig Spijkers
Flight Controls:
Pilot sits unlike most helicopter on the left!
Page Up increases Collective, above 50% ascending
Page Down decreases Collective, below 50% decends
At 50% collective the helicopter has a automated passive altitude control (governor) prohibiting the helicopter to loose to much altitude during maneuvers.
Using the p in chat command or Hold Altitude or P on the HUD it will actively hold your altitude at the height activated.
Arrows left and right will make the aircraft turn at 0% - 10% cyclic, or turn and bank when cyclic is 15% or higher.
Arrows shift left and right will make the aircraft strafe left and right at 0% cyclic or turn and bank when cyclic is above or below 0%.
Arrows Forward and Reverse will increase or decrease cyclic, making the aircraft fly faster forward or revers.
Mouselook Steering
Mouselook steering can be activated with the m command or on the HUD pressing Mouse Steer or M.
Deactivated you can fly in mouselook using the normal keyboard controls as described above.
When activated and when in mouselook the vehicle will try to turn such that it points in the same direction as your camera.
Arrows left and right will make the aircraft strafe.
When out of mouselook the aircraft can be controlled with your keyboard normally as explained above.
Cargo Hook System
There are two scripts in the package 'cargo cable script (everyone)' & 'cargo cable script (owner)'.
Add one of these scripts to the object you want to lift.
'cargo cable script (owner)' will only allow the object owner to lift it 'cargo cable script (everyone)' will allow anyone to lift the cargo.
Beware, when the script is added to vehicles this can cause undesirable effects and should be deleted after lifting.
To lift objects, hover approx. 10 meters above the object and say 'hook' in the chat or press the Cargo Hook button on your HUD.
Commands
s - start/stop the aircraft
l - switches lights On/Off
p - switches hold current altitude switches
m - switches Mouselook Steering On/Off
h - switches Hovermode On/Off
fs - FlySafe, makes the aircraft phantom and able to fly through skyboxes
sl - switches search lights On/Off
floats - activates/deactivates the Emergency Floatation System *
hook - toggles the cargo hook system to connect to the cargo
copilot - switches flight controls to the copilot
pilot - switches flight controls back to the pilot
guest - switches guest mode On/Off
group - switches group mode On/Off
lock/unlock - locks or unlocks the passenger and copilot seat.
eject - ejects all passengers
chat - switches chat whisper On/Off
help - gives you this note card
hud - gives you a HUD
display on/off - switches the rear visible text display on or off
* EFS activates automatically when hitting the water
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CAMERA:
c - switches dynamic camera on/off.
c1 - view from tail
c2 - view from inside the cabin
c3 - view from above
c4 - locks your cam into place.
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VICE & TCS Weapons Systems:
vice on/ - activates VICE
tcs on/ - activates TCS
(requires you to add the VICE Sensor script)
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FUEL:
fuel - switches on the fuel system On/Off
refuel - will refuel your aircraft.
See item in Second Life- Sits 4 Avatars
- Textures included
Fantastic!
I received this as a gift from my partner and it is literally the perfect starter helicopter. I am totally in love with mine and truly enjoy flying all over the place with it! Thank you so much for creating this sweet beauty! If I could give you 10 stars, I would, but they only allow me to give 5 stars, so I did.
Almost a Month and PERFECT
I have a couple of other modes of transport; this is my first air craft and it is perfect for someone learning to fly, very stable through servers, good sounds effects and love the control panel HUD. Pair this with a good ban line HUD and you are ready to go anywhere.
There may be cheaper but they are not better, I've tried 6 different ones. Writing about it in slenquirer.com <<shameless promotion>>
Excellent!
What a brilliant little whirlybird! I tested numerous helicopters for hours, from this builder and others, cheaper and more expensive, but, I found that I couldn't live here without this! It crosses sims very well - I even crossed at corners to test it in the toughest scenario and it still coped surprisingly well. Far better than the others in that. Seriously, try it! Even a region that I knew was having real issues was manageable when I purposefully flew through it. I admit - testing was alone...I don't know about having primmy, scripty, hud laden passengers aboard in those conditions. I found it enjoyable and easy to fly in or out of mouselook. For the price it is surprisingly well outfitted with goodies, nicely detailed, and has a HUD which I really like......and it's MOD! Prims and textures! I'd love to get started customizing it but I can't stop playing with it! As another review stated it's easy to HATE it for one reason...I'm unable to get much done in my RL spare time because I'm now addicted to exploring in this little thing! Thanks to Spijkers & Wingtips for one of my favorite SL purchases!
Awesome Helicopter
I think this is a great helicopter, deffinetly not a waste of $L. Some modifications to make this to your liking and you have the perfect aircraft.