Unit type:Â customized aerial combat falk armor
Head height:Â 18.7 meters
Weight:Â empty 57.8 metric tons; max gross 86.2 metric tons
Output:Â 230,000 pounds (dry); 300,000 pounds (CMP); afterburner +90,000 pounds; 2 x main nozzle, 8 x attitude control nozzle
Mass ratio:Â 1.21 (dry); 2.052 (CMP)
Powerplant:Â Type JTF-7N miniaturized fusion reactor
Combat maximum power operation time:Â 33 seconds
CMP cool-down period:Â 3 seconds (CMP for 5 seconds or less); 16 seconds (CMP for 33 seconds)
Maximum speed:Â Mach 0.98 (sea level); Mach 1.62 (32,000 feet)
Cruising range:Â 3,600 nautical miles (6,667 km)
Armor:Â Stelight type 2 armor heavy coating; maximum thickness 150mm
Hardpoints:Â 4 (maximum load 18 metric tons)
Equipment and design features:Â Type ASF3 image sensors, range unknown; type GVLF3 gravitational sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â 30mm machine gun, mounted in left forearm (4,500 rounds per minute, 1,200 rounds); 2 x 5-tube IRM pod, mounted on main body; 2 x bomb projector device, mounted on wings; 2 x ELINT (electronic intelligence pod); 8 x anti-MA hand grenade
Optional hand armaments:Â Type SBX07 220mm railcannon (240 rounds per minute, 80 rounds, uses standard and HE ammunition); close combat hybrid broadsaber
Pilot:Â Zin
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
Dragonar Info
Director:
Takeyuki Kanda
Writer(s):
Fuyunori Gobu
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Kenichi Matsuzaki
Ryosuke Takahashi
Yasushi Hirano
Hidemi Kamata
Mechanical Designer:
Kunio Okawara
Character Designer(s):
Kenichi Ohnuki
Musical Composer(s):
Kentaro Haneda
Toshiyuki Watanabe
Format:
48 episodes
Airdates:
Japan 02.07.1987 – 01.30.1988
MAHQ is now officially on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mahqdotnet.bsky.social.
Our future on this cursed app is unclear, but expect more posts over there.
Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
#Gundamn278; Next Episode! With our special guest, Sophia, we finally tackle the second half of the latest chapter of the #Gundam Franchise; #WitchFromMercury! Join us live on 07/20/2023 @ 10:15 p EDT! #MAHQ #Mecha #Anime #Podcast #G_Witch
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