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Posted by: liam887live
Your new pelican looks... odd... maybe make the wings a bit shorter and wider?
Well its not finished yet but its a Pelican variant, it covers the same mission role as todays pave low and pave hawk.
I didnt think the existing pelican was fast and manoeuvrable enough and didn't seem to have any stealth attributes. This model will be responsible for the covert extraction of special forces, namely ODST's after they have dropped in and finished the mission. Its weaponry consists of a single tactical high energy laser in the nose and a mounted machine gun in the rear bay. It can carry 10 troops seated and twenty standing as well as an external mission specific container or vehicle. It has a crew of three, two pilots and a gunner/loadmaster.
It has a narrower profile than the standard pelican as similar to the ODST pod it drops through the atmosphere at incredible speed to extract ground personnel before making a quick burn into high orbit where it is usually picked up by its carrier, usually a light fast cruiser or frigate.
It still needs work, the retractable sheath that folds around the laser to increase aerodynamics and stop buffeting upon reentry through an atmosphere. Making the rear landing gear look more stable, unwarapping and texturing, detailing (havent started that at all yet).
You got to remember though, this isn't a helicopter, it is more like a sleek osprey, it's going to be a little wide, though it doesn't have to be huge, although it needs something on the sides more than ostrich wings.