Model number:Â VF-2JA
Code name:Â Icarus Missile Pack
Unit type:Â mass production main variable fighter
Manufacturer:Â unknown
Operator:Â U.N. Spacy
Rollout:Â unknown
First deployment:Â AD 2086
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard canopy-style cockpit
Dimensions:Â overall height 15.9 meters (Battroid mode), 5.2 meters (Fighter mode); overall length 15.8 meters (Fighter mode); wingspan 7.9 meters (Fighter mode), wingspan (fully extended) 12.2 meters (Fighter mode)
Weight:Â unknown
Armor materials:Â unknown
Powerplant:Â 2 x Tachikahoff thermonuclear reaction turbine engine, power output rating unknown
Propulsion:Â rear dorsal thruster pod; 22 x apogee motor
Performance:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â heavy rifle/gun pod, mounted on central fuselage in Fighter mode, hand-carried in Battroid/GERWALK modes; 2 x semi-fixed anti-aircraft laser cannon, mounted on head; 2 x beam cannon, mounted on nose
Optional fixed armaments:Â 2 x Missile Pack, each carries 2 x large missile, mounted on hardpoints
Optional hand armaments:Â none
U.N. Spacy’s atmospheric fighter VF-2JA Icarus lacked onboard missiles, but it was capable of equipping an optional Missile Pack that carried a total of four large missiles. The Missile Pack was usable in all three modes.
Pilot:Â Nexx Gilbert
First appearance:Â The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again
Original mechanical designer: Koichi Ohata
Macross II Info
Director(s):
Kenichi Yatagai
Ken’ichi Yatsuya
Writer(s):
Sukehiro Tomita
Manabu Nakamura
Eitakeshi Arii
Mechanical Designer(s):
Koichi Ohata
Hitoshi Fukuchi
Kazumi Fujita
Junichi Akutsu
Atsushi Okuda
Character Designer:
Haruhiko Mikimoto
Musical Composer:
Shiro Sagisu
Format:
6 episodes
Video Release:
Japan 05.21.1992 – 11.21.1992
U.S. 10.28.1992 – 02.10.1993
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