Model number:Â MSA-005X-1
Code name:Â Methuss X-1
Unit type:Â prototype transformable mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â Anaheim Electronics
Operator:Â AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group)
Rollout:Â UC 0087
First deployment:Â UC 0087
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â head height 18.1 meters; overall height 26.1 meters
Weight:Â empty 25.2 metric tons; max gross 48.0 metric tons
Armor materials:Â Gundarium alloy
Powerplant:Â Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1,750 kW
Propulsion:Â rocket thrusters: 98,000 kg total
Performance:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â none
Optional hand armaments:Â none
The MSA-005X-1 Methuss X-1 was a prototype unit developed for the Methuss Project to test the transformation mechanism for the mobile suits in the AEUG’s Project Zeta. The X-1 was designed for air superiority in a 1G environment, and the design team included members from the former Hervic Company, which designed the FF-X7 Core Fighter during the One Year War. The X-1’s mobile armor mode resembled an air combat fighter and was intended to exceed the performance of the EFF’s NRX-044 Asshimar. Stealth properties built into the design of the X-1 made it more difficult to detect by radar. The X-1’s tail stabilizers, which mounted electronic equipment, were later used by the Zeta Plus series and other mobile suits. The design team conducted trials at the California Base to test the X-1. The X-1’s clipped delta wing design allowed for stable, high-speed flight. The team conducted transformation tests at subsonic speeds to examine the X-1’s adaptability in changing combat situations. However, the X-1 was unable to withstand the shock of transformation at subsonic speed and was destroyed. Following tests with two additional prototype units, the design was refined and produced as the MSA-005 Methuss.
First appearance: Anaheim Laboratory Log
Original mechanical designer: Masanobu Oku
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Anaheim Laboratory Log Info
Writer(s):
Makoto Ishii
Yasutoshi Takamura
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kyoshi Takigawa
Masanobu Oku
Masato Natsumoto
Format:
1 volume
Novel Release:
Japan 11.xx.2016 – 06.xx.2017
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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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