MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type

Model number: MS-07H-8
Code name: Gouf Flight Type
Unit type: prototype ground combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 18.7 meters; head height 18.2 meters
Weight: empty 61.5 metric tons; max gross 77.6 metric tons
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1130 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters/jet engines: 108400 kg total
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.40 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3600 meters
Fixed armaments: none
Optional fixed armaments: 3-barrel 35mm machine gun, clip-fed, mounts on left forearm; Gatling shield, mounts 75mm Gatling gun, drum-and-belt fed; heat saber, battery powered, stored in Gatling shield, hand-carried in use

With the serious problems encountered in the attempt to develop an atmospheric flight-capable mobile suit during the One Year War, the Zeon military halts its program to actively develop a flying mobile suit. However, the idea continues to linger, and experimental units still occasionally find their way into the field for testing. The eighth incarnation of the MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type is the MS-07H-8, which is equipped with an improved backpack and more powerful thrusters and thermonuclear jet engines. Aerodynamic control surface wings are added to the backpack and waist armor, giving the Gouf Flight Type more stability in flight. Unfortunately, the H-8 still suffers some of the same problems encountered by previous versions: engine overheating and rapid fuel consumption at high altitudes and high speeds, limiting its range and flight time.

Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team; Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans; Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki

Gatling shield
3-barrel 35mm machine gun
Heat saber