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The '''[[:Category:Sikorsky|Sikorsky]] S-64 Skycrane''' is an American twin-engine heavy-lift [[:Category:Helicopters|helicopter]]. It is the civil version of the United States Army's CH-54 Tarhe. The S-64 Aircrane is the current production version, manufactured by the Erickson Air-Crane company.
The '''[[:Category:Sikorsky|Sikorsky]] S-64 Skycrane''' is an American twin-engine heavy-lift [[:Category:Helicopters|helicopter]]. It is the civil version of the United States Army's CH-54 Tarhe. The S-64 Aircrane is the current production version, manufactured by the Erickson Air-Crane company.
There is a version of the Aircrane with significant updates, for the [[Compositor]] rendering framework in this [https://github.com/wlbragg/AirCrane/tree/compaddon repository] (March 2020). See the development [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2970 thread] for details.


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== Gallery ==
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Revision as of 09:53, 8 March 2020

S-64 Skycrane
FGAddon
S-64 Skycrane.jpg
Type Aerial crane, Helicopter, Aerial firefighting aircraft
Propulsion Twin-engine aircraft
Manufacturer Sikorsky, Erickson Air-Crane
Author(s)
  • Emmanuel Baranger (3D)
  • Heiko Schulz (FDM)
  • Wayne Bragg
FDM YASim
--aircraft= aircrane
Status Beta
 FDM Stars-4.png
 Systems Stars-1.png
 Cockpit Stars-1.png
 Model Stars-4.png
Development
 Hangar Helijah hangar
 Website The website for the S-64 Skycrane developments.
 Repository The development repository of the S-64 Skycrane.
Download Download the S-64 Skycrane aircraft package for the current stable release (2020.3).
License GPLv2+
Wikipedia Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane This is a link to a Wikipedia article

The Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane is an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter. It is the civil version of the United States Army's CH-54 Tarhe. The S-64 Aircrane is the current production version, manufactured by the Erickson Air-Crane company.

There is a version of the Aircrane with significant updates, for the Compositor rendering framework in this repository (March 2020). See the development thread for details.

Aircraft help

Key Function
} Start engines
{ Shutdown engines
R Toggle rotor brake
r Apply rotor brake

Gallery