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SW-XAII Schneegans Battroid
SW-XAII Schneegans GERWALK
SW-XAII Schneegans Fighter
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SW-XAII (SW-XA2) Schneegans
Equipment Type: experimental stealth variable fighter
Alternate Designation: Snow Goose
Government: United Nations (U.N. Forces)
Manufacturer: unknown
Operational Deployment: unknown
Accommodation: pilot only
Dimensions:
Fighter Mode: unknown
Mass: unknown
Structure: SWAG energy conversion armor
Power Plant: two thermonuclear reaction engines
Propulsion: unknown; many x vernier thrusters
Performance: unknown (exceeds VF-17 Nightmare and SW-XAI Schneeblume)
Design Features: 3-mode variable transformation; stealth composition; variable geometry sweep (VG) wing featuring forward-swept configuration; canard forward wing (forward-swept); two-dimensional thrust vectoring
- Armament -
Guns:
1 x external gatling gun pod
2 x head turret cannons (mounted center ventral section Fighter/GERWALK, becomes head turret in Battroid mode)
Bombs & Missiles:
4 x internal micro-missile launchers; single launcher port per launcher (2 x launchers mounted center ventral rear fuselage in Fighter mode, rear forearms in GERWALK/Battroid modes; 2 x launchers mounted right/left ventral rear fuselage in Fighter mode, lower legs in GERWALK/Battroid modes)
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The SW-XAII Schneegans (like the earlier SW-XAI Schneeblume) was also birthed from the SWX (Stealth Wing X) programme. For the SWX the U.N. Forces approached all variable fighter manufacturers with a set of specifications to combine high stealthiness with air combat capabilities exceeding that of the VF-17 Nightmare. It was the original intention of the U.N. Forces to deploy the VF-17 Nightmare as a long-range attack craft and thus a separate variable fighter was needed for the role of air superiority and defense.
The SW-XAII Schneegans is an air defence variable fighter aircraft based upon a remodeled latter period VF-1 model originating in the "SWX", just like the SW-XAI. Since the SW-XAII Schneegans development was delayed more than the SW-XAI, its engines and avionics are stronger than those in the SW-XAI.
Notes: Both the SW-XAI Schneeblume and SW-XAII Schneegans were created for The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: VF Experiment, a Character Model magazine column. Shoji Kawamori emphasizes that these vehicles are not part of the official series chronology at this time.
The petname Schneegans was published in a 2003 Character Model magazine contest after the German term for "snow goose", likely named as such to be a companion valkyrie to the SW-XAI Schneeblume.
Addendum: The colors for the SW-XAII Schneegans are a fan-made adoption from photos seen within the Spring 2003 issue of Character Model magazine, combined with some minor creative intepretation.
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Debut: (never animated, appears in Character Model Magazine, 2003)
Pilot(s): no notables
Other appearances: none
Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori |
Information Courtesy of the Macross Compendium: www.macross.anime.net/wiki/Main_Page
Images From - Character Model magazine (2002, 2003)
C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist
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