[RA2] G-E's Nighthawk replacement with new cameo

G-E · Defense Minister **Joined**: 09 Feb 2015

I made this intending to have it kind of like a prefab I could just keep modifying into other things. The first thing is the Nighthawk, more closely resembling the MH-53 the original cameo was based on, and a new edited cameo also based on it... surprise!

I may make a flying "battle fortress" type unit from it with multiple gun ports and different rotors sometime. There's enough room on the hull behind the pontoons for ball turrets.

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G-E · Defense Minister **Joined**: 09 Feb 2015

In game, albeit with alternative VPL... but you can get a sense of scale vs the original, seems about 15% bigger and more muscular.

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NucleiSplitter · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:18 am Post subject:

Cleanest Nighthawk thus far. I like the details and greatly refined shape (especially that rear "mast"/"tail"), but the rear sides could definitely use some windows. It still does seem quite fat, feeling more like a Chinook/Sea Knight than a Stallion, but make of that what you will.

G-E · Defense Minister **Joined**: 09 Feb 2015

Hah, I did actually add windows to my own version after! I also took out the crossbar on the cockpit side windows.

But the fat belly area seemed appropriate as the whole point of two rotors is to spread the load, so I wanted it to feel like most of the weight is definitively behind the front rotor.

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