AH-56 Cheyenne - Anyone ever thought of making one of these for FSX?

**sarwulf** · April 28th, 2011, 12:02

Anyone ever thought of making one of these for FSX? Just thinking how interesting of an aircraft this would be. Kind of a "peculiar" aircraft maybe for a peculiar aircraft developer to consider?

**Piglet** · May 22nd, 2011, 19:24

It's on my "list"

**sarwulf** · May 23rd, 2011, 06:19

Thanks Piglet, that is truly an aircraft to look forward to!

**Piglet** · August 6th, 2011, 20:44

Just scored a flight manual for a AH-56.
The flight modling WILL be interesting...

**strikehawk** · August 7th, 2011, 12:19

Originally Posted by Piglet

Just scored a flight manual for a AH-56.
The flight modling WILL be interesting...

Sweet, one more reason I'm glad I went to the dark side of FS. Someone made the Piaseki H-60 conversion a while back, that bird had a HUGE pusher prop on the tail. Maybe you could look at that flight model for idea's. I never flew it so I can't tell you if it's "good" or "bad", but I hope this will help out some.

Remember the kit Aurora mad in 1/72 scale? Those $2-3 kits are going for almost $200 for a "fair" example. Whish I still had all the ones I "converted" into Star Fighters after Star Wars came out.

**sarwulf** · August 7th, 2011, 18:42

***Sundog*** · August 27th, 2011, 22:28

Originally Posted by Piglet

Just scored a flight manual for a AH-56.
The flight modling WILL be interesting...

I would probably get RB involved with the FDE, since he can work magic on them. I think the question is, do you start with a helo FDE and make it fly more like an airplane at high speeds, or do you start with a plane FDE and make it fly like a Helo at low speeds? My guess is, if RB is involved, the latter. Since he has modeled so many VSTOL FDE's.

Of course, once this is mastered, the FDE could be modified for an S-67 Blackhawk; You remember, the good looking Blackhawk?