Sunday, January 17, 2010

VF-8C Pegasus "The Elegant Lady"

Description
  • Original Designer
    • Akira Kurosawa
  • Role
    • All-Regime Air/Space Superiority Variable Fighter and Tactical Combat Battroid
    • Space Marine Squad Transport and Rescue Fighter
  • Crew
    • 1
  • Passengers
    • 6
  • First flight
    • February 2187
  • First space tests
    • June 2187
  • Entered service
    • November 2188
  • First operational deployment
    • 7 February 2189
  • Manufacturer
    • Stonewell/Bellcom, subcontracted to Shinnakasu (VF-8C5) and Northrom (VF-8C7)
Dimensions, Fighter Mode
  • Length
    • 14.23 m
  • Wingspan
    • 14.78 m fully extended
    • 8.25 m swept
  • Height
    • 3.84 m
  • Wing sweep
    • 20° fully extended
    • 72° swept
Dimensions, GERWALK Mode
  • Length
    • 11.3 m
  • Wingspan
    • Same as in Fighter mode
  • Height
    • 8.7 m
Dimensions, Battroid Mode
  • Height
    • 12.68 m
  • Width
    • 7.3 m
  • Wingspan
    • Same as in Fighter mode
  • Length
    • 4 m
Weights
  • Empty
    • 13,250 kg
  • Loaded
    • 18,500 kg
  • Maximum takeoff
    • 47,000 kg
Powerplant
  • Engines
    • 2 Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2001 thermonuclear turbine engines
  • Thrust
    • 11,500 kgf (23,000 kgf in overboost)
    • 113 kN (226 kN)
  • Max Thrust Duration
    • 420 seconds, sustained
  • Generation Power
    • 650 MW
Performance
  • Maximum speed at 10,000 m
    • 7,170 km/h Mach 5.86
  • Maximum speed at 30,000+ m
    • 8,290 km/h Mach 6.78 
  • Range 
    • Unlimited in atmosphere
  • G-Limit
    • +7 in space
Armament
  • Guns
    • External 55 mm Howard GU-11 gunpod with 200 rounds firing 1200 rounds per minute, mounted under central fuselage.
    • Leviathan CVE-14 Extended Range Particle Projection Cannon mounted over central fuselage; Handheld in Battroid Form
  • Missiles
    • Four pivoting hardpoints under the wings.
    • Up to 12 AMM-1 small missiles (three on each hardpoint), 6 RMS-1 Hellfire reaction missiles (two on each outbound pylons and one on each inbound pylon), 12 Mk-82 Sidewinder missiles (three on each hardpoint) and four UMM-7 Cruise missiles; or a combination of any of these.
  • Melee Armaments
    • Power Sword
    • Shield

Wednesday, January 13, 2010