Model number(s):Â YF-11; VF-X-11
Code name:Â Thunderbolt
Unit type:Â prototype variable fighter
Manufacturer:Â Shinsei Industry
Operator:Â U.N. Spacy
Rollout:Â AD 2028
First deployment:Â April AD 2030
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard canopy-style cockpit
Dimensions:Â overall height 12.92 meters (Battroid mode), overall height 3.49 meters (Fighter mode); overall length 15.51 meters (Fighter mode); wingspan 11.2 meters (Fighter mode)
Weight:Â empty 9.0 metric tons; 11.2 metric tons (with FAST Packs)
Armor materials:Â SWAG energy conversion armor
Powerplant:Â 2 x Shinsei Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2025G thermonuclear reaction engine, power output rating unknown
Propulsion:Â 2 x 28,500 kg (2 x 279.59 kN); 2 x vertical two-dimensional vectored exhaust nozzle; 2 x dorsal auxiliary thruster pod; many x P&W HMM-5B high-maneuverability vernier thruster
Performance:Â Fighter mode: maximum level atmospheric speed at 10,000 meters: Mach 3.5; maximum level atmospheric speed at 30,000+ meters: Mach 8.2
Thrust-to-weight ratio:Â empty 6.33
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â fixed rear anti-aircraft pulse laser gun, mounted on head; standard external multipurpose 6-barrel 30mm Gatling gun pod, features anti-armor bayonet, stored under main body in Fighter mode, hand-carried in Battroid and GERWALK modes; standard bulletproof shield, mounted on left forearm
Optional hand armaments:Â none
The YF-11 Thunderbolt was a prototype variable fighter manufactured by Shinsei Industry as part of U.N. Spacy’s Project Nova, which was carried out to select a successor to their second generation main variable fighter, the VF-4 Lightning III. In contrast to the VF-4, the YF-11’s design descended from the VF-1A Valkyrie. In April 2030, Dancing Skull Squadron ace pilots Maximilian and Milia Fallyna Jenius used two YF-11s painted in their custom colors to conduct a hostage rescue mission on planet Bellfan, where they saved U.N. Government Chairman Lawrence Yun Kemal. In November, Zentradi deserters captured a fold booster-equipped YF-11 unit, which served as the basis for the Fz-150 Feios Valkyrie. One month later, mass production began on the VF-11A.
Pilot(s): Maximilian Jenius, Milia Fallyna Jenius
First appearance:Â Macross M3
Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori
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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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