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The Kourier 3000 is a small, cheap helicopter used by smaller megacorps and transport companies to ferry small numbers of passengers or cargo in the utility role. It can carry 4 somewhat-cramped passengers and 20 cf cargo, or, by folding up the seats, 100 cf cargo. Many users add additional electronics (there is about 4.5 cf of empty space intended for such a use). In the passenger configuration, nearly 1000 lbs can be slung underneath the Kourier 3000. The helicopter first entered service in 2034.

Military and police versions are also available (see below) (Compare series to 206 JetRanger and OH-58D Kiowa Warrior)

Subassemblies: Body +3, Rotors +0, Skids +1
P&P: 560 kW gas turbine w/550 kW TTR drivetrain (5500 lbs lift), 125 gallons diesel (fire chance: 7) in five 25 gallon light self-sealing tanks, 4.06 hours
Occ: 2 NCS + 4 CS
Cargo: 20 cf (100 cf if no passengers carried)
 

Armor	All
Body	2/5 C
Rotors	2/5 C
Skids	2/5

Weaponry
none

Equipment
Body: medium range radio, transponder, civilian GPS, 2x small computers, 2x terminals, fire extinguisher system, autopilot, 6x seat belts

Statistics

Size: 10'x8'x33'	Payload: 2350  lbs	Lwt: 4505 lbs ( 2.25 tons)
Volume: 262.2 cf (Size Mod: +3)	Maint.: 57 hours	Price: $125,300

HT: 11
HP: 176 [body], 78 [rotors]
 

aSpeed: 203

aAccel: 4

aDecel: 16

aMR: 9

aSR: 3

aDrag: 159.5

Design Notes
Frame is light for 245 cf fair streamlined body, 4.9 cf rotors and 12.3 cf skids. Rotors are folding.

In 2041, several production Kourier 3000s were modified to military specifications to test their usefullness. This consisted primarily in adding a weapon pod on either side of the fuselage, a sensor pod atop the rotor shaft, quieting the engine and reducing the IR signature. Following further tests, a slightly larger engine was installed and basic stealth features were added. After two years of testing, the helicopter entered production as the Crow.

Unfortunately, the helicopter is really too light for all the offensive and defensive systems it is expected to carry.  However, the Crow is not terribly expensive or difficult to maintain, which has made it moderately popular, especially compared to the Deva attack helicopter. A rather large amount of cargo space is provided in the hull. For most Crows, this is not used, but some users detatch the weapon pods (610 lbs and $58,500 each) and use unarmed Crows to fly four man Special Ops teams in and out of sensitive areas. Two men can remove or attach a pod in about 20 minutes.

Crow pilots are rather perverse about their job. As one pilot put it, "When a Crow blows up, HQ knows an enemy is there." The helicopter actually can be effective, as long as the pilot tries to keep it hidden. The sensor pod allows the Crow to "look in" on the enemy and paint targets for laser-guided munitions from strike aircraft without exposing the fuselage. The armament is primarily defensive in nature, the guns and rockets used to supress anti-aircraft positions and the missiles to distract other aircraft.

Subassemblies: Body +3, Rotors +0, Skids +1, two weapon Pods +0, sensor Pod -2
P&P: 660 kW gas turbine w/650 kW TTR drivetrain (6500 lbs lift), 125 gallons diesel (fire chance: 7) in five 25 gallon light self-sealing tanks,  3.4 hours
Occ: 2 NCS
Cargo: 95 cf (only 63 lbs available)
 

Armor	All
Body	4/30 C
Rotors	4/20 C
Skids	4/20
Pods	4/20 C

Weaponry stats
2*10mmC minigun [one Pod1:F, one Pod2:F] (1525 each)
4*70mm launchers [two Pod1:F, two Pod2:F] (one 70mm HEPF-ABF PRH missile each)
2*102mm launchers [one Pod1:F, one Pod2:F] (six 102mm HE rockets each)

Equipment
Pod3 (sensor pod): LLTV (30x, +4/+9), thermograph (10 miles, Scan 17), 10 mile laser designator, 10 mile laser rangefinder, short range lasercomm
Body:2x long range scrambled radios, 2x IFF, military GPS, 2x small hardened computers, 2x terminals, fire extinguisher system, autopilot, terrain following radar, blackout gas dispenser (4 reloads), 2 man NBC kit, advanced laser/.radar detector

Statistics

Size: 10'x8'x33'	Payload: 1346  lbs	Lwt: 6437 lbs ( 3.22 tons)
Volume: 269.7 cf (Size Mod: +3)	Maint.: 26 hours	Price: $592,365

HT: 10
HP: 176 [body], 78 [rotors]
 

aSpeed: 194

aAccel: 3

aDecel: 16

aMR: 6.5

aSR: 4

aDrag: 208

Design Notes
Frame is expensive light for 245 cf fair streamlined body, 4.9 cf rotors, 3.3 cf each weapon pod, 1 cf sensor pod and 12.3 cf skids. Surface features include sealed, basic sound baffling, basic stealth and basic IR cloaking. Rotors are folding.

At the same time the Crow was being developed, a variant intended for police use was developed. The LE-12 can generally be considered a toned-down Crow (based on the original prototypes, not the production version), dropping the sensor pod, IR cloaking and reducing the weapon pods. Note that the armament listed below is about the heaviest any LE-12 carries and most mount lighter weaponry (7mmC miniguns and 25mm GLs are more common). The LE-12 is also popular with megacorp security forces.

Subassemblies: Body +3, Rotors +0, Skids +1, two weapon Pods -1
P&P: 560 kW gas turbine w/550 kW TTR drivetrain (5500 lbs lift), 125 gallons diesel (fire chance: 7) in five 25 gallon light self-sealing tanks, 4.06 hours
Occ: 2 NCS + 2 NS
Cargo: 60 cf (420 lbs available)
 

Armor	All
Body	3/15 C
Rotors	3/15 C
Skids	3/15
Pods	3/10 C

Weaponry stats
10mmC minigun [Pod1:F] (1950 each)
40mm auto grenade launcher [Pod2:F] (53 HE each)

Equipment
Body: long range scrambled radios, IFF, civilian GPS, 2x small computers, 2x terminals, fire extinguisher system, autopilot, 4 man NBC kit, searchlight (8 miles), LLTV (10x, +3/+6), thermograph (5 miles, Scan 15)

Statistics

Size: 10'x8'x33'	Payload: 1857  lbs	Lwt: 5498 lbs ( 2.75 tons)
Volume: 265.2 cf (Size Mod: +3)	Maint.: 43 hours	Price: $217,400

HT: 11
HP: 176 [body], 78 [rotors]
 

aSpeed: 190

aAccel: 3

aDecel: 16

aMR: 7.5

aSR: 4

aDrag: 208

Design Notes
Frame is light for 245 cf fair streamlined body, 4.9 cf rotors, 1.5 cf each weapon pod and 12.3 cf skids. Surface features include sealed and basic sound baffling. Rotors are folding.