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Helicopter · top speed 160 kt

CH-47 Chinook

The heavy lifter. Tandem rotors, a 2,500-gallon internal tank with a hover snorkel, or a giant bucket on a 150 ft line.

The CH-47 Chinook as modeled in Dip & Drop

Loadout

Internal tank

2,500 gallons

Fill: Hover snorkel: full in about 5 seconds, hovering low over water under 10 kt.

Drop: A full load releases in 3 seconds; tap for partial drops.

Bambi bucket

2,590 gallons

Fill: On a 150 ft line. Dunk it to fill in about 5 seconds, or power fill from shallow water in about 15. Stay under 15 kt.

Drop: The valve under the bucket releases a full load in 4 seconds.

The CH-47 Chinook with a Bambi bucket on a long line

Flying the Chinook

The Chinook is the aircraft the Training Fire puts you in, and a good place to start. Fly forward with W, turn with A and D, climb with Space and descend with Shift. Let go of W and it slows to a hover by itself.

With the tank, come in low and slow over water and the snorkel drops on its own. Hold Shift to settle just above the surface and the tank fills. With the bucket, slow right down, let it hang straight, and lower it into the water.

Tips

  • A full tank makes it noticeably slower to speed up and climb. Plan your turn back to the fire early.
  • Drop from 100 to 300 ft. Higher and the water spreads into mist before it reaches the ground.
  • The bucket swings when you speed up or turn. Let it settle before you open the valve.

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The real Chinook

The Chinook is a tandem-rotor, twin-turbine heavy-lift helicopter that first flew in 1961. Two big counter-rotating rotors mean no tail rotor, so all the engine power goes into lift. That is why it carries some of the biggest water loads of any firefighting helicopter.

Firefighting Chinooks usually carry either an internal tank of around 2,000 to 3,000 gallons, filled through a snorkel hose while hovering, or a large bucket slung under the cargo hook on a long line.

Dip & Drop isn't affiliated with any aircraft maker or operator. The model and paint are the game's own; numbers are tuned for play.

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Where you'll fly it

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