Model number: RVF-171EX
Code name:Â Nightmare Plus
Unit type:Â main variable fighter
Manufacturer:Â General Galaxy
Operator:Â NUNS (New U.N. Spacy)
Rollout:Â AD 2059
First deployment:Â AD 2059
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard canopy-style cockpit using EX-Gear system
Dimensions:Â overall length 15.52 meters (Fighter mode)
Weight:Â empty 12.95 metric tons; max gross unknown
Armor materials: SWAG/RA155 SWAG energy conversion armor (20% improved over standard VF-171)
Powerplant:Â 2 x Shinnakasu/P&W/Roice FF-2550F thermonuclear reaction turbine engine, power output rating unknown
Propulsion:Â 2 x 662.18 kN (maximum thrust in space); many x P&W HMM-6B vernier thruster
Performance:Â Fighter mode: maximum level atmospheric speed at 10,000 meters: Mach 4.3+; maximum level atmospheric speed at 30,000+ meters: Mach 21+
Thrust-to-weight ratio:Â empty 10.42
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; pinpoint barrier system; ASS/PS 155 third generation active stealth system; chaff/flare dispenser; active stealth; optional radome; optional fold boosters; variable setting EPM (Electronic Protective Measures); improved ECCM performance; AA/AS/SF-06 unified sensor matrix
Fixed armaments:Â 2 x Bifors AMG-30 30mm heavy machine gun, mounted on head; 2 x Erikon AAB-9A beam cannon, mounted in torso; Howard GU-14B gun pod, stored under main body in Fighter mode, hand-carried in Battroid and GERWALK modes; 2 x Bifors BML-02S micro-missile launcher, mounted near wings; Sentinal AVM-11R 4 large anti-ship missile, stored in 4-shot rack mounted on left arm
Optional fixed armaments:Â AVPAGC/MEDC30-EX-A 30mm quantum beam gun (MDE anti-gravity particle beam), replaces Howard GU-14B gun pod; AAS-171 EX armored pack (team leaders); 6 x underwing hardpoint for 2 x Bifors AAMM-05D medium-range anti-air missile, or Sentinal FXA-60A 6-tube rocket pod
Optional hand armaments:Â SL-9B Dragunov electromagnetic rail sniper gun pod
The RVF-171EX Nightmare Plus was a reconnaissance variant of the anti-Vajra VF-171EX. It was equipped with a large radome and a ventral antenna. In 2059, SMS pilot Luca Angeloni briefly used an RVF-171EX, although its capabilities were lower when compared to his regular unit, the RVF-25 Messiah.
Pilot: Luca Angeloni
First appearance:Â Macross Frontier (TV series)
Original mechanical designer:Â Shoji Kawamori
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Director(s):
Yasuhito Kikuchi
Shoji Kawamori
Writer:
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Mechanical Designer(s):
Shoji Kawamori
Junya Ishigaki
Takeshi Takakura
Character Designer(s):
Risa Ebata
Yuichi Takahashi
Musical Composer:
Yoko Kanno
Format:
25 episodes
Airdates:
Japan 04.03.2008 – 09.25.2008
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