Model number: FF-08GB
Code name: Wivern
Unit type: fighter
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: UC 0088
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit canopy style cockpit
Dimensions: overall length 15.32 meters
Wingspan: 9.5 meters
Weight: empty 15.3 metric tons; max gross 20.0 metric tons
Armor materials: gundarium γ alloy composite
Propulsion: jet/rocket thrusters: 2 x 10500 kg
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration: 1.05 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 60mm vulcan gun

Technical and Historical Notes

A Federation Forces aerospace fighter designed for use at high altitudes and in low Earth orbit. The Wivern's delta-wing form is ideal for hypersonic flight, and because it resembles the waverider form of the Zeta Plus series this fighter is often used as a trainer aircraft for transformable mobile suit pilots.

The Wivern is powered by hybrid engines that can switch from turbofan to rocket mode at high altitudes. Because these engines consume a great deal of fuel in rocket mode, it can be equipped with external fuel tanks. Its movable tail stabilator allows the Wivern to perform AMBAC maneuvering like a mobile suit, and its nose is based on that of the Core Fighter series, further increasing its suitability as a transformable mobile suit trainer.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot: Ryo Roots
Appearances: Gundam Sentinel
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki