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Yes

Unless said craft is used in a harshly deconstructive work, especially one that exceeds even the likes of Evangelion and Madoka Magica.

​@@michaelandreipalon359Even Evangelion eventually caved in on the rule of cool man, just watch the rebuild movies and you can tell the rule of cool applies.

Damn straight!

If you look at how the flight computers move the F-35's surfaces his statements are clearly underscored.

what do you mean? @@FirstDagger

a plane with 2d tvc like the f22 can far easier achieve what the x29 can do, can it not?

The real thing preventing us is they haven't created a method yet to prevent pilot blood flow loss in extreme movements like a FSW aircraft can perform. At this point willing amputation of the legs or cybernetics seem like the only path forward to making pilots capable of flying them.

@@VerdeMorte; With BVR, Stealth, 360° thermals, and thrust vectoring 360° missiles dog-fighting capability matters less and less.

Reasons to become an aerospace engineer: 1

same, I had the x29 diecast one and it was my favorite plane for a lóng time!! I played with that toy for years. That and the diecast harrier jump jet I had and plastic f14 tomcat are why I started to learn engineering.

And now in 2023 we have virtual AI social media influencers.... The u.s. government is saying aliens are real.... Im ready door the space force to announce their new veritech fighter aircraft the VF-1

There where also Drone jet prototype going rogue because a Idol AI trying to kill everyone... Also in latter Macross entry's these drones become slave to "mother jet". Something like every is trying to archive with 6generations jets.

Also fun fact Macross Plus had a singing AI which hallucinates it's relationship with it's creators and goes rogue, takes over the flight system of the AI controlled fighter jet drone (which was designed to replace human pilots)! The signing AI kinda inspired Hatsune Miku and we already have drones and our AI do hallucinate! How far are we from that hijacked AI controlled drone?

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​@@AshrakAhmedyou make a valid terrifying point

The Shinsei Industries YF-19 wins project super nova and enters production appearing in Macross 7 as the VF-19 Excalibur being piloted by Nekki Basara while General Galaxy abandoned the YF-21 program but later revived it as the VF-22 Stürmvogel II which is basically the same aircraft with enhancements, modifications and the removal of the Brainwave Control System (BDS). The VF-22 also made it's first appearance in Macross 7 being piloted by Maximillian Jenius.

I’m still surprised that there’s no mentions about ace combat’s fiction names such as the ADFX 0-2 Morgen or the X 0-2 Wyvern

​@@soundwave5886probably because they are pretty popular. The Wyvern's folding forward swept wings must be a engineering nightmare..

Plus is the quintessential Macross: everything good about the series in a small, contained package.

​@@m3tactical393 You forgot to mention they're roles The VF-19 was the new main Variable Fighter of the UN Spacy while the VF-22S was chosen as a fighter for Special Operations!

Jeez, Shoji is everywhere, yeah? He worked on battletech as well, and I read that he worked with artists for early armored core stuff to boot. How much of my childhood do I owe this fella?

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ADFX-01 Morgan my beloved.

Shinden II looks very possible to build IRL, but it would ve bad considering the external missiles

The less Robotech, the better.

It's mostly overshadowed thanks to legal reasons from... Harmony Gold.

@@michaelandreipalon359 Glad I didn't grew up in NA, only heard about Robotech when Macross Frontier was still pretty new.

@@KenMochii Truly that is envious.

wouldn't say overshadowed, it's the second most popular mecha show, maybe not in the west because of the whole robotech nonsense

spin it and it became boomerang

Where you see issues of shockwave drag, an ambitious engineer sees an opportunity for vortex lift. The real problem with forward swept wings is that they are gigantic forward retroflectors for radar, making them unusable in the current low observability paradigm.

I was gonna say the same thing 😂

Wait until you see the Yak-130.

And it has that hot red paint job!

Don't forget the adfx-01 Morgan or adf-1 falken.

And the ASF-X Shinden II too

Gault was a fun enemy to be up againts ngl

Lets just say Ace Combat has to many of them

@@mr.crazyshadow oh but my friend, greater belka can never have to many forward swept gods.

I still think the OVAs did a far better if more grimmer tale than the manga and the anime.

​@@michaelandreipalon359I agree on some parts. The Manga actually had more room to really introduce a larger cast, as well as making the story a bit more dramatic. The TV series had some decent elements as well.

It is pretty interesting how a military outfit gets their hands on an early production model

@@michaelandreipalon359 Yeah I was really dissapointed by the new anime

Yeah same, I thought the animation/art style was too bland and stiff, unlike the OVA version which was beautifully drawn and animated with detail. @@sonwig5186

The FRX-00/ FFR-41MR

The Mave is one of the most ridiculous Foward Swept wing design next to Ace Combat's X-02 Wyvern. Literally throwing physics away for the rule of cool.

​@@varnix1006The Maves wings technically aren't even limited to Forward sweep. They can turn and sweep back during high Mach flight. Its hella cool

Fun fact: in the novels, both the Super Sylph and Mave designs are far more grounded in reality, with Super Sylph practically designed like an F-15; and while the Mave is still a fantastical original design, it isn't as crazy as the OVA version (it doesn't have forward swept wings). I like both versions equally.

First one I thought of as well. Yo Joe?!? ;)

As soon as I saw the subject, the Conquest is what popped into my head. Still have my X-30 from when I was a kid.

​The Cobra Rattler had a variable wing that gave it VTOL capabilities, that's the one I really miss from my childhood... I'm going to buy an old beat up Rattler online and put it back together and paint it an Arctic camouflage scheme as CAS for my Snow Serpents.

Same here. Although I liked the Skystriker more, the X-30 was cool.

The X-02 Wyvern was so awesome they gave it an upgrade in the newest Ace Combat game.

Exactly what i thought when i saw it as well.

X-30 Conquest.

Yes, nice toys.@@warpartyattheoutpost4987

Same and had that sick red and black snakeskin paint job

Not in the way the X-02 Wyvern does it for sure. Maybe if it folds vertically like the VF-31 Siegfried from Macross Delta, it might be feasible.

Gerry and sylvia Anderson, were decades ahead of their time....unless they chatted a lot to BAE Systems...?...😅😅😅😅...

Honestly the Thunderbird 2 going by its design flies more on pure thrust rather than its wing.

Why not just take the thrust vectoring from the X-31 instead?

@@B-A-L I'm not an aeronautical engineer but I think having a whole nozzle that directs exhaust vs the X31's "pads" is a better system. Seeing Su-27's do backflips and handbrake turns(lack of a better term) is pretty impressive. Thoughts?

@@endutubecensorship the paddles of X-31 and the USB nozzles of F-15 S/MTD are cooler imo.

slightly ?? measured in mm only..sjeesh.

@@oddballsok Planes are measured in mm , duh

Macross series deserves more attention

In our Axis&Allies house rules with enough Jet Engine and Aeronautic Tech Development ze German player can produce the forward swept wing version of the He 162 as a tactical bomber.

... and also of course the Ju 287 as a medium bomber. The game pieces look really cool but I still need to paint them.

@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 Nice! I like that they exist in some form! Though, I have never heard of a 162 carrying bombs, so I am guessing it's a way of upping it's attack?

@@alm5992, rather than bombs the 162D would carry R4HL air-to-ground rockets in addition to it's 20mm autocannons, the concept being that it's wing configuration would give it better maneuverability during low altitude strafing runs on ground targets. On paper that means it does the same damage as a standard tactical bomber but due to it's jet engine speed it has a better chance of surviving the initial anti-aircraft and air superiority rounds.

No... no it wouldn't, thr plane constantly wants to flip backwards in a more natural aerodynamic state. There is ZERO advantage to having reverse wing design, its unstable to the point it REQUIRES computer control to prevent the plane from flipping around and traveling backwards. It was a proof of concept that the computers where good enough to keep thebplane from flipping around

@@Patrickf5087 But it IS more maneuverable than most jets at low speeds, and would be even better with modern computer technology due to the inherent instability. Other than that, yeah there are pretty much no advantages but what’s your point? Did you read my comment?

@@notisac3149 yes I did read it, abd I'm calling out your BS Having better computer won't help it, it would require shaping the wings and changing alot m9re physics. Not ti mention that it is a fuel hog tge wings produce an ungodly amount of drag. And yes, the military needs to worry about fuel usage. The designers literally made the aircraft "to see if it can be done" The disadvantages outweigh by a large margin. No amount of CPU power will help it

@@Patrickf5087 Did I EVER say the advantages would outweigh the disadvantages? nope. Though it is to my understanding that the design of the SU-47 can make calculations a certain amount of times per second, how would increasing the number of corrections per second with better computers and sensors not increase performance even slightly? To add to it, we now have stronger materials to work with, one big factor was a great amount of stress on the airframe, thus forcing lower speeds. Having a stronger frame means it can take more stress. How would a higher top speed not improve performance? We also have better, more efficient engines, with a better power to weight ratio as well as better fuel efficiency ratings, I ask again, how would that not increase performance? There is also the possibility of adding thrust vectoring which would increase low speed maneuvers. If they don’t add too much weight, wouldn’t it have better low speed maneuverability? How is simple logic BS at all? Again I never claimed it was a great idea to begin with, just that it could be even more maneuverable at low speeds with modern technology. I never said that we should have continued to develop it because the design simply doesn’t make sense for a jet fighter. What is your point then? I NEVER even mentioned that it would be better than modern fighter designs but you’re replying to me as if I said the opposite.

The V-22 and Ki-43 are not swept-wing, but straight-wing. with either high aspect ratios or tapered trailing edges.

did you hear sapish guitars as it passed?

So, fictional guessing concepts of eventually real aircraft, like the F-19 over the F-117?