The "name"
The "name" is the X-student team Alpha's somewhat modified AugustaWestland AW109 helicopter which they permanently borrowed from HYDRA.
Description:
It is a sleek and aerodynamically-refined aircraft featuring a well-sloped and pointed nose assembly. The cockpit is set well ahead in the design with seating for two pilots behind a two-piece forward windshield for excellent visibility out of the cockpit. Entry and exit from the cockpit is through hinged automobile-style doors fitted to either side of the cockpit. Entry and exit to the passenger cabin is via rectangular sliding doors to either side of the cabin, these doors sliding rearwards against the helicopter's body. The powerplant is fitted above the cabin roof in the usual way and powered a four-bladed main rotor atop a short mast as well as a two-bladed tail rotor at the rear (the tail rotor facing portside). The empennage consists of a tapered assembly which houses the tail rotor shaft within. The tail unit is slightly raised from the fuselage underside and capped at its aft end by a large dorsal and smaller ventral vertical tail fin. Horizontal stabilizers are set along the tail stem near the rudder. The undercarriage consists of two single-wheeled main legs and a single-wheeled nose leg, all are retractable into the floor.
In the case of single-engine failure, the AW109 is intended to be have a generous power reserve even on a single engine. The engines drive a fully articulated four-blade rotor system.[
General characteristics
Body: Ty
Protection: Pr
--Crew: 1 or 2
--Capacity: 6 passengers
--Length: 11.448 m (37 ft 7 in) fuselage
--Width: 2.88 m (9 ft 5 in)
--Height: 3.50 m (11 ft 6 in)
--Empty weight: 1,590 kg (3,505 lb)
--Max takeoff weight: 2,850 kg (6,283 lb)
--Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206C Turboshaft engine
--Main rotor diameter: 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)
--Tail Rotor Diameter: 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Performance
-Control: Ex
-Speed:
---Maximum: In (300 km/h; 184 mph)
---Cruise: Rm (255 km/h; 158 mph)
-Ferry range: 1000 km (621 mi)
-Rate of climb: 9.8 m/s (1,930 ft/min)
Weapons:
None
On-Board Systems include:
-Autopilot: has Ty Control over the copter when activated
--ILS (Instrument landing system): A radionavigation system which provides aircraft with horizontal and vertical guidance just before and during landing and, at certain fixed points, indicates the distance to the reference point of landing
-Cyberlink: a telepath/cyberpath can link up with the copter's mainframe, getting +1cs on Control and another +1cs for maneuvers. This requires an Ex FEAT.
---The system is experimental, there was a chance (30%) every occasion that it understood only Italian language commands.Over a few weeks in '84 november, Brandon and Gremlin solved this issue... after a few glitches
-Frequency Monitor: able to tap into most military and law-enforcement channels with less than Gd Encription
-GPS
---Moving Map Display: the navigation system that displays the receiver's current location at the center of a map. It shows passengers their current location, altitude, airspeed and ETA to destination. As the receiver moves, the map moves to keep the receiver at the center of the display.
-PUREair system: On the AW109, there are two curved panels which are aerodynamically shaped to match the profile of the engine cowlings (port and starboard). They replace the standard screen over the side-facing air intakes. The system shields the engine inlet from airborne contamination which results in:
---Safer operation by protecting against FOD, ice, snow, and sand
---Increased operational availability
---Protection against engine erosion
-Stealth I: Rm ability to hide electronic & heat signatures against detectors of any type. It is taxing for the energy source, reducing the effective flight range by 20% when active.
-----It is an In task to improve the system's energy intake, with Aeronautics Engineering and Energy & Particle Physics, while Mn without them
-Stealth II: Pr ability to create optic invisibility by transmitting the view from one side to the other (a faint vibration can be seen around the hull, it still generates shadows in very bright situations and anything sprayed/throwed on it still remains visible)
---water makes the system glitchy (Yellow FEAT to remain active, no Karma can be spent on the roll).
-TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System): an aircraft collision avoidance system designed to reduce the incidence of mid-air collisions between aircraft. It monitors the airspace around an aircraft for other aircraft equipped with a corresponding active transponder, independent of air traffic control, and warns pilots of the presence of other transponder-equipped aircraft which may present a threat of mid-air collision (MAC). TCAS is based on secondary surveillance radar (SSR) transponder signals, and operates independently of ground-based equipment to provide advice to the pilot on potential conflicting aircraft.
-VTOL: the copter can land and takeoff vertically.
-Weather Radar: a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.)
