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Rotor armor - This armor effectively increases rotor DP. The cost and weight are different for main and stabilizing rotors:
Main rotor: twice the cost, half the weight of the helicopter's regular armor. Triple the usual cost to repair.
Stabilizing rotor: One and a half (1.5) times the cost, half the weight of the regular armor. Double the usual cost to repair.
No rotor may carry more than 10 points of armor. Not available in fireproof or reflective versions.
The latest in flight-assistance technology, these maneuver foiils give your chopper a more stable ride through any high-speed maneuver. Automatic computerized self-adjustment up to 40 times a second!
Helicopter maneuver foils - $3000 and 300 lbs. per pair, adjusted by armor type (foils must match helicopter armor type). No space. Each foil of the pair has 3 DP. One-man and small helicopters can mount only one pair of foils; standard and transport can carry two pairs.
Like spoilers and airdams on cars, maneuver foils reduce the difficulty factor of any maneuver by D1 when the helicopter is moving 60 mph or faster. D0 maneuvers do not force control rolls.
Foils are mounted in pairs on opposite sides of the helicopter body. A foil can be targeted at -2. If one foil of a pair is destroyed, the helicopter's HC drops by 2 until the other foil is also destroyed or jettisoned. If the helicopter mounts more than one pair of foils, the HC modifiers are cumulative when half of each pair is destroyed. A foil can be armored with component armor.
Jettison option - $300 per foil, no space or weight. Triggering this option detaches the foil from the helicopter, at the same time destroying it (1/2" burst radius) so that it falls as harmless debris to the ground below. Jettisoning a foil counts as a firing action. Foils can be linked for the usual cost to allow multiple jettisons with the same action. Ditching the foils is a D2 hazard, but the helicopter's acceleration may improve.
Grasshoppers can use maneuver foils.