A Reaper MQ-9 remote controlled surveillance aircraft to be used by the Austraia. It operates on invisible track. The real aircraft has a top speed of 482 kph and carries no pilot.
The aircraft has an automatically operating landing gear. This retracts at takeoff speed (120 kph) set in the script. It lowers at speeds below 120kph. The speeds for tilting and landing gear retraction on takeoff may be altered in the string table above - speeds are in kph.
It does not have an operating interior, but does have various exterior views based on an invisible interior, use the [ and ] keys from the interior view. The aircraft will load and unload passengers at suitable airports.
The V key fires the missiles: first press pickles off two Paveway 2 missiles on the inner pods, second press fires two Hellfire from the right rack, and the third press fires two Hellfire from the left rack. Subsequent presses recycles the sequence.
The aircraft has a number of animations that can be operated by keyboard keys, or the Aircraft Action Trigger, kuid:76656:24050, when placed on track and set to the correct number:
- initially the propeller is stationary, use the B key or triggger setting 2 to start or stop the rotors;
- it will issue smoke and sound from the tyres when landing, use trigger setting 4. See my wepages for further details;
- the V key (trigger number 3 setting) will operate the missiles and guns as described above.