Project - Vertical Lift 2035

[dragon01 902]

As a matter of fact, the Blackfish is almost exactly the size of C-130. 

[john111 76]

On 1/16/2019 at 2:35 AM, nightovizard said:

Very cool project, this reminds me of what I attempted to do some years ago regarding VTOLs

 

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Keep up the good work!

Why  don`t you try to get these models in Arma 3?  They will fit neatly in the time frame of it.

[yasotay 197]

Hey everyone, just wanted to drop a note to say we are still around.  We are closing in on an alpha so we can get some game testing done.  But it is sloooow.  RL continues to interfer.

[mfederico4484 11]

Sweet looking forward to flying the Valor.

 

[Hunterhawks 3]

Hey, what is the name of the big one at the bottom on your icon ?

[ravenholme 50]

23 hours ago, Hunterhawks said:

Hey, what is the name of the big one at the bottom on your icon ?

 

Fairly sure that's the Valor

[Hunterhawks 3]

It's seem to be bigger, i look like the BIS artwork one ,this one 

[yasotay 197]

That is an early artwork from BI for the Blackfish that came out with Apex DLC.

[yasotay 197]

 

So things are slow, but since everyone wants WIPs...

This is the MAV-85 Omaha, Special Operations version of the V-280.  It carries up to 12 Operators, and can be loaded with 12 DAGR, 2 Griffin missiles or 2 SDB, or 2 AGM-114.  It has a 20mm turret (pilot or co-pilot) and two 7.62 mini-gun at crew stations. The 7.62 mini-gun of the crew are remote operated (CE and gunner) and able to auto-track targeting solutions.

[QuakeIV 1]

My good sir that looks amazing.

[mfederico4484 11]

Beautiful!!!

[yasotay 197]

https://gyazo.com/b2a1e8c3a90dfb41b3c2cf5caf493497

https://gyazo.com/8b43afc68fcda2a756f9da7175eed28f

 

Work continues.  Some great work on the textures and shadows and we have formation lights now.

[QuakeIV 1]

Minor curiosity: are the tails slightly shorter and less swept back?

[yasotay 197]

20 hours ago, QuakeIV said:

Minor curiosity: are the tails slightly shorter and less swept back?

Yes the "V" tail we use is swept differently than those on the V-280 demonstrator.  We used the tail section from the graphics and drawings of the V-280 as Bell expected the initial version of the aircraft to look like if fully developed for the military.  it is very likely that the final version of the real aircraft will differ from the demonstrator and the version we picked if it is fully developed.  As an example, compare the Lockheed/Martin JSF prototype to a USMC F-35C.

[QuakeIV 1]

Huh, makes sense.

[ravenholme 50]

On 7/28/2019 at 10:00 PM, yasotay said:

https://gyazo.com/b2a1e8c3a90dfb41b3c2cf5caf493497

https://gyazo.com/8b43afc68fcda2a756f9da7175eed28f

 

Work continues.  Some great work on the textures and shadows and we have formation lights now.

Looks awesome, can't wait guys 🙂

[QuakeIV 1]

Will this support the advanced flight model stuff?

[yasotay 197]

@QuakeIVSorry for the delay on answering.  Unfortunately, no.  Because Arma VTOL are in the "plane" class of Arma, the AFM does not apply.  One of the reasons for the length of time is that we have been working on the flight qualities to give the aircraft the flight qualities that the U.S. Army is asking for with the real aircraft.

[Heyoxee 0]

Fantastic work, can't wait to test it 🤤

[jnovgrod 0]

this is insane great work guys!!

 

 

 

[SonicJohnBH 18]

These models are GORGEOUS. Glad to see someone is giving these awesome airframes the recognition they deserve. Hopefully this makes it's way to the steam workshop some time so it can get some more attention.

[yasotay 197]

Hey folks, know there are many waiting for this mod. The very small team working this effort all have very demanding day jobs and families as well.  We would love to put this out tomorrow, but the available time to work it just ain't there.  It will be a while yet before we can put it on the street.  Thanks for the patience.

[Phaire Couchpotato 10]

I can't wait see more of this mod   🙂

 

Are you guys making the S-97 raider & the SB1 Defiant?

I saw that Sikorsky-Boeing had 3 different versions of this helicopter:

Raider X / SB1 Defiant / Attack Helicopter  versions of the same air frame

I was just curious

anyway thanks for the hard work

[yasotay 197]

On 11/22/2019 at 10:25 PM, Phaire Couchpotato said:

I can't wait see more of this mod   🙂

 

Are you guys making the S-97 raider & the SB1 Defiant?

I saw that Sikorsky-Boeing had 3 different versions of this helicopter:

Raider X / SB1 Defiant / Attack Helicopter  versions of the same air frame

I was just curious

anyway thanks for the hard work

Would love to do that, but given the time challenge just getting V-280 usable, I think those might be a long way away.

[QuakeIV 1]

I saw some of the test videos from a while ago which made it look alright usability wise, is it OK to ask what remains wrong with it?