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Impulse Shuttle - Career Mode Starter VTOL

A multifunctional high speed VTOL driven by reactionless impulse engines, built to fit the starter island base and is within the starter budget.

Check out this example if you want to make a similar vehicle: https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2289916621

The dimensions of the starter island dock normally restricts you to a boat. Even if you manage to fold a helicopter, you'd still have to face the danger of helicopter blades harming yourself or the people you are trying to rescue, as well as being damaged by trees or rocks during takeoff and landing.

This vehicle uses reactionless impulse engines, that are more robust, safer to be around, more efficient, and more quiet. Great if you are annoyed by the droning of propeller and piston engines.

The vehicle hull is an upgraded amphicopter chassis, but now equipped with automatic altitude and heading hold that remembers the altitude and heading where you let go of manual controls and maintains them, so you do not need to use keypads to input heading hold after every course change.

The autopilot itself has also been upgraded to operate with much greater precision when you attempt to hover over crates in order to winch down and collect them.

Features:
Quad Impulse Engine Pods
Hover Over Waypoint Autopilot
Automatic Winch-harness Door
Altitude and Heading Hold in manual flight
A plethora of Exploration,Rescue, and Transportation features

How to use:
1.On the right side instrument panel, press triangle button to engage impulse engines
2.Press keyboard "W" to push out of dock or hangar
3.When clear of dock doors press "up" key to increase altitude
4. Press keyboard "3" or use cockpit control stick to switch to horizontal flight

Recommend adding a 5x3 monitor screen on the cockpit ceiling and a camera facing downward, I did not add these as they would push this vehicle beyond starter budget.

Credits: Impulse drive pods inspired by gcrtnst

**Update:
Incorporated into the Radio-Homing Player Rescue System:
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2304287329