Click Images For Larger View
VF-1A fighter equipped with booster
VF-1 with booster schematic profile
|
VF-1 Atmospheric-Escape Booster
Equipment Type: atmospheric-escape booster for VF-1 variable fighter
Government: U.N. Spacy, U.N. Navy, U.N. Space Air Force
Accommodation: pilot only in Marty & Beck Mk-7 zero/zero ejection seat
Dimensions:
Fighter Mode: length 18.9 meters
Mass: standard liftoff 120.5 metric tons
Propulsion: 22500 kg [x g] x 4 (220.73 kN x 4)
Thrust-to-weight ratio: (empty) 6.45
|
The atmospheric-escape booster was a simple, cost-effective method to increase the deployment capabilities of the VF-1 series variable fighters. Rather than relying solely upon orbiting ARMD carriers to launch variable fighters into space, the UN Spacy made use of the atmosphere escape booster to send variable fighters stationed on Earth into orbit, where the booster could be easily discarded after launch. Eventually, advances in OverTechnology and improved design would enable future variable fighters to achieve orbit unassisted and the space booster would become a thing of the past.
|
Debut: Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Episode 30
Pilot(s): Maximilian Jenius, Milia Fallyna Jenius
Other appearances: none
Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori
|
Information Courtesy of the Macross Compendium: www.macross.anime.net/wiki/Main_Page
Images From - Macross Perfect Memory and other macross books
C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist
|
|
