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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.
There is a version of the Aircrane with significant updates by Wlbragg, for the [[Compositor]] rendering framework in this [https://github.com/wlbragg/AirCrane repository]. It's a good reference for implementing new Compositor lights. A lot of the work on the branch has already been merged into the version on FGAddon/trunk which can be downloaded through the launcher on the next branch of FlightGear and nightly builds of the next branch.  (Feb 2021). See the development [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2970 thread] for details.


The [[Cargo Towing Addon]] is compatible with the Aircrane (June 2020).
The [[Cargo Towing Addon]] is compatible with the Aircrane (June 2020).
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf_PWtf0_cs Video] of early compositor light testing on the Aircrane - bugs have since been fixed (Feb 2021).


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