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1/6 Animatronic MD500E Pilot doing cargo hoist work

Chapter 3 of 3

Doubling the pleasure

Nov 1, 2026

Copilot/Shooter is added, bringing the total number of actuators up to 18. Some tweaking is still needed: 1) Refine some motion segments, 2) Get matching uniform color, 3) Let user control the engine spool up/shutdown sequence.
I was told the cyclic stick can be removed for such a mission, leaving only the short stem that can still be used to control flight should the main pilot get incapacitated. This turned out perfect for my use case, otherwise the full stick will be in the way of all the gun movements.

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