However, if the Vertibird takes an immense amount of damage, such as a direct hit with a two-shot Fat Man MIRV or an upgraded explosive minigun, the Vertibird will slowly fall to the ground and pass through it. The Vertibird usually breaks up into four large pieces upon crashing, releasing small amounts of radiation for a short while. When a Vertibird is airborne and takes enough damage, it starts spinning on its Y axis, similar to how helicopters spin when they lose their tail rotor, before crashing into the ground and exploding, similar to a mini nuke explosion. Vertibirds are easily destroyed by ranged weapons and can be targeted in V.A.T.S. When dropping the Sole Survivor off in an area inhabited with hostiles, the Vertibird will sometimes support them by firing on the hostiles with its machine guns. Vertibirds lack the large armament package seen in the Capital Wasteland. The Vertibird's VTOL flight mechanics allow it to approach landing zones, transiting into a hovering mode of flight, by tilting its rotors vertically upwards 90 degrees. There is one known model used by the pre-War United States Armed Forces and Arthur Maxson's Brotherhood of Steel, a bulkier transport model with a glass cockpit, retractable side doors, collapsible wings, and two additional jet engines behind the main cabin. Different from previous models is the model's retractable landing gear, in a different configuration with one along the centerline at the front of the aircraft and the other three in a tricycle layout at the rear of the fuselage.
The Vertibird also has a docking hook along the top near the tail, that links with the docking hook/arm on the flight deck of the Prydwen. The Vertibirds utilized on the East Coast have transparent cockpits, sliding doors on the cabin, a minigun on the lefthand side, and folding wings and rotors. When the Great War struck in 2077, the XVB02 Vertibird was still in the prototype phase, scheduled to enter full military service in 2085. Following the success of the initial design, the military commenced work on a superior model, hoping to improve on virtually every aspect of the original: Better armor, better weapons, better speed and cargo capacity, everything. While utilized early on in the days before the Great War, Hornwright Industrial got word of its development, and began planning the use of it for their own methods. Developed by the Department of Defense as early as 2072, the original Vertibird was created as a multipurpose tiltrotor vertical take-off aircraft.
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