KerbalX

Description

A stock aircraft called Hornet. Built with 91 of the finest parts, its root part is fairingSize1.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.9.1.

Hornet is a compound helicopter with coaxial rotors and pusher fans on the tail. It can transport up to 8 kerbals. Maximum speed at low altitude is ~165m/s.

Throttle controls the collective and the engine torque on the main rotors. At 50% throttle blade pitch is neutral, above 50% rotor blade pitch will be positive and below 50% it will be negative.

H and N controls the blade pitch and the engine torque on the pusher fans. 2 will toggle deployment of the fan blades.

Flying:
- right click and pin one of the blades on the main rotor and one of the blades on the fans, this will give you visual indicators on the blade pitch,
- press 1 to start the fuel cells,
- engage the SAS,
- set the throttle to 50% and wait a few seconds for the rotors to get to full speed,
- increase the throttle until the helicopter lifts off,
- press 2 to deploy fan blades on the tail,
- use H and N to increase or decrease horizontal speed,
- if the helicopter is flying faster than 50m/s set the throttle to 50%, at higher speeds helicopter will behave similar to the airplane.

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: aircraft
• Part Count: 91
• Pure Stock