Unit type:Â limited production heavy assault metal armor
Head height:Â 28.3 meters
Weight:Â empty 176.8 metric tons; max gross 299.7 metric tons
Output:Â 500,000 pounds (dry); 780,000 pounds (CMP); afterburner +280,000 pounds; 4 x main nozzle, 15 x attitude control nozzle
Mass ratio:Â 0.801 (dry); 1.698 (CMP+A/B)
Powerplant:Â 2 x Type JTF-7M miniaturized fusion reactor
Combat maximum power operation time:Â 47 seconds
CMP cool-down period:Â 5 seconds (CMP for 5 seconds or less); 19 seconds (CMP for 47 seconds)
Maximum speed:Â Mach 0.81 (sea level); Mach 0.95 (32,000 feet)
Cruising range:Â 1,475 nautical miles (2,732 km)
Armor:Â Simole B type passive armor; maximum thickness 375mm
Equipment and design features:Â Type ASV2M image sensors, range unknown; type GLV4 gravitational sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â 16 x Type KDA44 75mm automatic gun, mounted in chest (1,200 rounds per minute, 3,200 rounds, uses standard and HE ammunition); 100-tube dual missile pod, mounted in shoulder shield; Type SIM-96 MLC missile, mounted in belly; close combat hybrid broadsaber, hand-carried in use, stored on left hip; 2 x 2-tube dual missile pod, mounted in forearms
Pilot(s):Â Dorchenov, Gon Jem, Hydelnecken
Original mechanical designer:Â Kunio Okawara
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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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