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Stonewell/Bellcom VF-1 Valkyrie

ストンウェル・ベルコムVF-1バルキリー

EQUIPMENT TYPE: VARIABLE VEHICLES

GOVERNMENT: UNITED NATIONS

MANUFACTURER: STONEWELL/BELLCOM

STONEWELL/BELLCOM VF-1 VALKYRIE

TYPE: All-environ variable fighter and tactical combat battroid.

PROGRAMME: Tentative plan introduced for all-environ variable combat system for use against giants February 2002. UN Forces' basic requirement for system to incorporate aerospace fighting capability equal to the level of contemporary fighters and ground comabt capability comparable to Destroid series. Development began with United Nation Forces contract to Stonewell and Bellcom; Stonewell and Bellcom solicited the powerplant producer Shinnakasu Heavy Industry (co-developer of reaction engines) and ground weaponry maker Centinental (co-developer of Destroid series) as partners; development team completed basic design 2005; one non-transformable VF-X flight test machine and one transformable VF-X-1 produced; first flight February 2007; space-worthiness tests begin in June 2007. Decision made to formally introduce the VF-X1 November 2007.

Development and mass production of VF-1A starts November and December of 2008. Total initial strength on SDF-1 Macross at space launch ceremony 1 February 2009: 212 VF-1 Valkyries. First operational deployment in Space War I's Battle of South Ataria Island the same day. First operational deployment of Protect-Weapon-system-equipped Valkyrie in space combat October 2009. First operational deployment of FAST-Pack-equipped Valkyrie in combat January 2010. Production resumed after Space War I at surviving parts plants in the space colonies and on the Lunar surface's Apollo Base August 2011. At the end of the 2015, production of the VF-1 series ended with the rollout of the final VF-1 in a commemorative ceremony. Scheduled to be replaced as main variable fighter by VF-4 Lightning III in 2020.

VARIANTS:
VF-X: Non-transformable variable-wing flight test version.
VF-X-1: Transformable prototype developmental version.
VF-1A: Standard UN Spacy version manufactured by licensee Northrom. One head-turret-mounted RÖV-20 laser gun.
VF-1B: VF-1A version upgraded by the "Half-S" retrofit (overhauled avionics and S-type head unit).
VF-1D: Two-seater version. Two RÖV-20 laser guns and two TV camera eye systems.
VF-1J: Version manufactured by licensee Shinnakasu Heavy Industry and assigned to air team and squadron leaders. Two RÖV-20 laser guns on improved Kyuusei-Industry-designed head unit. The out-of-sequence "J" designation is believed to represent the abbreviation of the region of its origin.
VF-1S: Version manufactured in limited numbers by licensee Northrom and assigned to squadron leaders and CAGs. Four RÖV-20 laser guns, enhanced avionics identical to VF-1A's Block 12 design, newly-redesigned Kyuusei Industry head turret, improved FF-2001D engine with greater engine thrust.
VF-1X: Modernized version with completely upgraded materials, avionics and power plants.
VEFR-1: Two-seater version with detection and electronic equipment for reconnaisance, ECM, and ECCM missions. This version includes a rotary overhead radome, electronic surveillance pod mounted on the arm,detection equipment in the wing, and retractable detectors in lieu of hands.
VT-1: Two-seater trainer version, manufactured by licensee Northrom, normally equipped with Shinnakasu Heavy Industry NR-BP-T1 FAST Pack booster variant with enlarged propellant tanks and no missile pods, NP-FB-T1 conformal tanks, NP-AU-T1 arm units with no micro-missiles
VT-1C: Version produced for civilian use
VE-1: Two-seater version similar to VT-1 with Shinnakasu Heavy Industry early warning and electronic warfare pack developed in cooperation with Bifors, which includes NR-BP-E3 FAST Pack booster variant with rotary radome; NR-SR-E3 (right) and NR-SL-E3 (left) arm-mounted containers with HF, VHF, and VLF antennae; and two NR-FS-E3 attachments with side surveillance radar systems.
Note: Machines upgraded to block 5 or higher specifications were renamed Plus (e.g. VF-1A Plus).

CUSTOMERS: UNS, UNN, UNSAF.

COSTS: Not publicly disclosed, but reported to be about 20 times that of a standard Destroid.

DESIGN FEATURES: VG wing; VTOL capability; CCV structure; four times the mobility of the Destroid Spartan; single-axis thrust vectoring; three "magic hand" manipulators for maintenance use; option of GBP-1S ground-combat protector weapon system, atmospheric-escape booster system, or FAST Pack space booster and weaponry system. Wing glove stiffeners on dorsal fuselage.

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FLYING CONTROLS: Fly-by-light, two-section flap (with spoiler) and fowler flap occupy almost entire wing trailing-edge; leading-edge slats; conventional rudders with honeycomb construction in outward-canted vertical tail surfaces; two cooling sub-air intake/airframe lift adjustment slits located on forward main body in Fighter mode operate in lieu of glove vanes by controlling airflow; two-dimensional vectored thrust nozzles operate in lieu of conventional elevators and horizontal stabilizers and in tandem with wing thruster roll control system; four Shinnakasu Heavy Industry NBS-1 high-thrust vernier thrusters. (One counter reverse vernier thruster nozzle on the side of each leg nacelle air intake, and wing thruster roll control system on each wingtip.); eighteen P&W LHP04 low-thrust vernier thrusters beneath multipurpose hook/handles; vernier thrusters with chemical fuel tanks in backpack section in GERWALK and Battroid modes; vernier system below nose and in aft engine nacelle; large airbrake directly rear of cockpit canopy (nozzle feet operate as airbrakes also); one ventral fin under each engine nacelles.

LANDING GEAR: Retractable tricycle undercarriage. Two steerable nosewheels retract rearward into nose and twin coupled mainwheels inward into fuselage. Two arresting hooks mounted underfuselage on engine nacelles.

POWER PLANT: Two Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2001 thermonuclear reaction turbine engines (with thermonuclear reactor and MHD), each rated at 11500 kg [x g] class (23000 kg [x g] in overboost) and 650 MW in generation power. Engines generate 17,680 PS during ground combat, or 956 PS/t with standard take-off mass. The VF-1S version has Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2001D engines. The VF-1X Plus has Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2079J thermonuclear turbine engines, each rated at 15000 kg [x g] class. The VT-1C has custom tuned Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2001 engines, each rated at approximately 10000 kg [x g] class. Two-dimensional exhaust nozzles, for enhanced V/STOL performance and maneuverability. Rectangular underfuselage air intakes with intake vane, variable ramps, and retractable cover shutters in Battroid mode or space use. Superconducting ram-air pre-compressors in forward engine nacelles and main compressors to the fore of thermonuclear reactors. Four Shinnakasu Heavy Industry NBS-1 high-thrust vernier thrusters. (One counter reverse vernier thruster nozzle on the side of each leg nacelle air intake, and wing thruster roll control system on each wingtip.) Eighteen P&W LHP04 low-thrust vernier thrusters beneath multipurpose hook/handles. Vernier thrusters with chemical fuel tanks in backpack section in GERWALK and Battroid modes. Vernier system below nose and in aft engine nacelles. Fluid pulse actuators enable transformation. Two cooling sub-air intake/airframe lift adjustment slits located on forward main body in Fighter mode. Wing intergral tanks and engine nacelle propellant tanks.

Option of Shinnakasu Heavy Industry GBP-1S ground-combat protector weapon system with two assist thrusters; atmospheric-escape booster system with four 22500 kg [x g] class conventional rocket engines; or Shinnakasu Heavy Industry FAST Pack space booster system with two 120000 kg [x g] class (for 150 seconds at maximum thrust) P&W+EF-2001 booster thrusters, two leg/engine-pod-mounted CTB-04 conformal propellant tanks (for both propellant and coolant), and numerous high-maneuverability vernier thrusters in two dorsal-mounted NP-BP-01 (NP-BP-T1 on VT-1, NR-BP-E3 on VE-1) and two leg/engine-pod-mounted NP-FB-01 (NP-FB-T1 on VT-1, NR-FS-E3 on VE-1) systems. The VT-1's FAST Pack space booster variant includes enhanced vernier thrusters and an additional tail unit booster. Option of dorsal space/atmospheric booster pods (VT-1C).

ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only in Marty & Beck Mk-7 zero/zero ejection seat. VF-1D, VEFR-1, VT-1, and VE-1 each have two seats. Pressurized upward-hinged canopy with retractable shield for Battroid mode and atmospheric reentry use; central column controller, throttle, and two GERWALK arm controller sticks in Fighter/GERWALK mode cockpit of Block 5 or earlier machines. Each GERWALK and Battroid arm controller contains five tapets and one ball controller to control the fingers, palm and thumb. Side-stick controller and multi-position throttle lever/stick in Fighter/GERWALK mode cockpit of Block 6 or later machines. Both side-stick and throttle have six tapets to control the fingers and palm. Two rear (back) mirrors and vision plate in Fighter mode. Oxygen tank. Block 5 and earlier machines were upgraded to Block 6 specifications with improved cockpit and Mk-7 Custom ejection seat.

AVIONICS: HUD (displayed on transparent panels in block 5 or earlier machines, on canopy in Block 6 or later machines); hexagonal three-panel main screen in block 5 or earlier machines, octagonal one-panel main screen in Block 6 or later machines; IFF antenna, UHF antenna, AWG-20 radar FCS, internal navigation system, AOA detector, and balance controller in nosecone; head-turret-mounted hybrid sensor/TV camera eye system and radar sensor dome with rear periscope; VHF antenna in vertical stabilizer, and EC and retractable VHF antenna in vernier tail pack (extended in GERWALK mode); combat computer, engine control system, and fire control system in chest section in Battroid mode; IFF/UHF datalink antenna and TACAN/UHF antenna on dorsal section; ACS; two forward-looking infra-red (FLIR) sensors in recessed emplacements in leg-joint nacelles below and to the the fore of the canopy. Hybrid sensors on lower arm adjacent to manipulator. Two Battroid-mode searchlights. Head-mounted radar attenna which folds for atmospheric flights and wingtip detection system (VT-1).

Option of Shinnakasu Heavy Industry NR-BP-E3 FAST Pack space booster system with rotary radome and APS-201 surveillance radar; HF, VHF, and VLF antennae equipped NR-SR-E3 (right) and NR-SL-E3 (left) arm-mounted contennae, and side surveillance radar systems in two NR-FS-E3 attachments on VE-1. Option of Shinnakasu Heavy Industry NP-BP-T1 FAST Pack space booster system with additional antenna on right pod on VT-1. Block 4 and earlier machines were upgraded to block 5 specifications with improved avionics for space use in Plus upgrade.

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ARMAMENT: Fixed Mauler RÖV-20 anti-aircraft laser cannon (One in VF-1A, two in VF-1D and VF-1J, and four in VF-1S), firing 6000 pulses per minute, mounted under nose in Fighter and GERWALK mode or on head turret in Battroid mode. Standard external 55 mm Howard GU-11 three-barrel gatling gun pod mounted under central fuselage in Fighter mode or in manipulator or stored on arm hard point in GERWALK and Battroid modes with 200 rds fired at 1200 rds per minute. Four pivoting underwing hard points for twelve AMM-1 hybrid guided multipurpose missiles each with four stabilizers which extend during launch (three on each hard point), twelve MK-82 LDGB conventional bombs (three on each hard point), six RMS-1 large anti-ship reaction missiles (two on each outboard hard point and one on each inboard hard point), four UUM-7 micro-missile pods (one on each hard point) each carrying up to fifteen Bifors HMM-01 micro-missiles, or a combination of the above missiles. The VT-1C can be equipped with Galactic Whale-capturing harpoon-shooting pod with harpoon approximately 5 meters long.

Option of Shinnakasu Heavy Industry GBP-1S ground-combat protector weapon system with fifty-six 28-cm-diameter Erlikon GH-32 Grenade Crusher high maneuverability micro-missiles (twenty-two mounted in two shoulder launchers, ten mounted in two chest launchers, sixteen mounted in side leg launchers, and eight mounted in rear leg launchers), eighteen Erlikon GA-100 Crusher high-speed armor-penetrating projectiles mounted in two lower arm launchers, and six Ramington H-22T large hand grenades mounted on torso; or Shinnakasu Heavy Industry FAST Pack augmentative space weapon system (UNS codename: Booby Duck) with six micro-missiles in two NP-AR-01 micro-missile launcher pods (mounted rearwardly under center ventral section in Fighter mode or on lower arm sections in GERWALK and Battroid mode), and two HMMP-02 micro-missile launcher pods. The HMMP-02 pod can be replaced by the optional Mauler RO-X2A high-powered double-action beam cannon pod (mounted on dorsal section).

The VT-1 and VE-1 normally carry no armament.

DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:
Fighter mode:
Wing span: fully extended 20°
14.78 m
VT-1C (estimated), fully extended 14.78 m
swept backward 42° 12.12 m
overswept backward 72° 8.25 m [8.75 m]
in stowage position at 122° 4.70 m
Length overall:
14.23 m
VT-1C (estimated) 13.88 m
with FAST Pack system 14.0 m
with atmospheric-escape booster system 18.9 m
Height overall:
3.84 m [2.85 m]
with FAST Pack system 5.5 m
GERWALK mode:
Wing span: fully extended 20°
14.78 m
swept backward 42° 12.12 m
overswept backward 72° 8.25 m [8.75 m]
in stowage position at 122° 4.70 m
Length overall:
11.3 m
Height overall:
8.7 m
Battroid mode:
Height overall:
12.68 m
with GBP-1S system 14.1 m
Width overall: 7.3 m
Wing span: fully extended 20° 14.78 m
Width overall: with GBP-1S system 9.8 m
Length overall:
4 m
with GBP-1S system 4.8 m

MASSES AND LOADINGS:
Mass empty:
13250 kg
VF-1X Plus 13850 kg
with FAST Pack system 19200 kg
Mass: VT-1C (estimated), with rear and leg booster packs
13750 kg
Max propellant capacity: FAST Pack system 11000 kg
Standard T-O mass: 18500 kg
Standard operational mass: with 16200-kg GBP-1S system 37100 kg
Standard T-O mass: with FAST Pack system 45000 kg
Standard liftoff mass: with atmospheric-escape booster system 120500 kg
Max T-O mass:
37000 kg
with FAST Pack system 72000 kg

PERFORMANCE:
Fighter mode:
Max level speed: at 10000 m Mach 2.71
VF-1X Plus, at 10000 m Mach 3.05
at 30000+ m Mach 3.87
VF-1X Plus, at 30000+ m Mach 4.28
g limit: in space +7
GERWALK mode:
Max level speed: walking 100 km/h
flying 500 km/h
Min level speed: 0 km/h (VTOL capable)
Max hovering time: using 13000 kg [x g] x 2 thrust 70 seconds
using 11500 kg [x g] x 2 thrust 420 seconds
Battroid mode:
Max level speed: walking 160 km/h
Operational underwater depth: 100 m
Transformation:
Min time from Fighter to GERWALK: automated Approx 1.5 s
Min time from GERWALK to Battroid: automated under 2 s
Standard time from Fighter to Battroid: automated under 5 s
Min time from Fighter to Battroid: manual 0.9 s

duotiga83 SG

got macross zero VF-1D ver? Mr. Green i like that 1....

CenturionMBT SG

I am only able to find line arts of the plane.

SBS1908B SG

It looks like a cross between Tomcat and Flanker. Laughing

tankee1981 SG

Seriously, i will love to have such mecha in the RSAF but is the technology really feasible without the power source as stated in the robotech books? The fuel is said to be derived from an alien plant in the story. By the way, great pics,hope to see more. Very Happy

fudgester SG

They are all stationed on our secret Moon base right?

Ooops.

CenturionMBT SG

ehh where you get that from??? The last time i heard they were in bukit timah . . . .

I-like-flings(m) SG

sheeehh... classified hor... i cant find all this info on our mindef website leh...hor hor u die liao.. ISD ask u go drink kopi soon liao... Mr. Green

nismoS132 SG

i thought bukit timah was reserved for the gundam project. we know all the pilots are picked from the little coordinator brats living in that area.

CenturionMBT SG

isd lim kopi with me so many times that they officially ban me from depleting their kopi stocks . . .

CenturionMBT SG

ehhh pls the thoughts of having one bunch of shinns scares me to my core.

fudgester SG

I heard the Area 52 Base at Bukit Timah got compromised... they've already destroyed all evidence of the base. Our Area 51 counterparts at Nevada ordered the demolition.

If you live in Bukit Timah and heard a loud rumbling noise last week, now you know where it came from.

Ssshhhh.......

nismoS132 SG

now imagine the fear in the enemies Twisted Evil

ETboy SG

sorry to ask a stupid question... is this from a anime or manga or something ? wads the title btw.. thanks Mr. Green Rolling Eyes Wink

CenturionMBT SG

lol well it is from a series of animes called macross. With the first in the series called super dimension fotress macross (198 Cool and the latest one known as macross zero. (2004)

SMAPLionHeart SG

Are you all stupid or what?We all got this!

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