Unit type:Â mass production aerial combat falk armor
Head height:Â 16.6 meters
Weight:Â empty 48 metric tons, max gross 69.4 metric tons
Output:Â 170,000 pounds (dry); 230,000 pounds (CMP); afterburner +80,000 pounds; 1 x main nozzle, 14 x attitude control nozzle
Mass ratio:Â 1.224 (dry); 2.233 (CMP+A/B)
Combat maximum power operation time:Â 38 seconds
CMP cool-down period:Â 4 seconds (CMP for 5 seconds or less); 21 seconds (CMP for 38 seconds)
Maximum speed:Â Mach 0.98 (sea level); Mach 1.63 (32,000 feet)
Armor:Â Synthetic stelight armor with anti-sensor coating; maximum thickness 85mm
Equipment and design features:Â Type ASF4 image sensors, range unknown; type GVLF2 gravitational sensors, range unknown
Hardpoints:Â 2 (maximum load 11 metric tons)
Fixed armaments:Â 30mm machine gun, mounted on right wing (4,500 rounds per minute, 1,600 rounds); 2 x dual missile, mounted on wings
Optional hand armaments:Â Type SSX21 50mm hand railgun (2,200 rounds per minute, 600 rounds, uses standard ammunition)
Pilot(s):Â Kaine Wakaba, Light Newman, Tap Oseano
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
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