David Hingtgen

I don't think I've ever gotten a good look at the NUNS symbol. Anyone got a pic?

For atmospheric operation: Heat is energy. Motion is energy. A jet engine basically converts one to another. The extreme heat of the combustion chamber (or fusion reactor) is extracted and used by the turbine---the heat energy (as much as possible) is converted to kinetic energy by the turbine--it spins, thus spinning the compressor fan up front. The compressor fan moves the air from the intake rearward, as much and as fast as it can. 2nd law of motion--action/reaction. Air rushing out the back of the engine=plane moves forward, thus thrust. Again--a balloon or waterjet are jets---they expel a fluid rearwards, thus creating forward thrust. No combustion or heat is involved. A box fan creates thrust, just not enough to move itself. It's a "powered" jet--a small electric motor. An F-15's engine is a "supremely powered" jet, in that it has a complex fuel-driven mechanism to spin the fan with great speed and power, allowing it to move far more air, and at a greater speed, to produce far more thrust. Now, due to the simple fact that there IS hot exhaust rushing out the back of a normal jet engine, that too is making thrust---but it's a small part of the total thrust. (and in a turbojet, it'll always be mixed with the compressor's air and ALL the air coming out will be hot) Basically a "useful byproduct". And it's making thrust because it's hot AIR RUSHING OUT, not because it's HOT air rushing out. If it was cold, it'd make just as much thrust (and would indicate a VERY efficient turbine as it would have sucked ALL the heat out and put it to use--possibly physically impossible) Tanks and helicopters are the same---the heat is converted to kinetic motion-----the turbine uses the heat to spin a driveshaft, rather than a fan. But the operation is the same. They are not creating thrust, but they are still a "heat to motion" energy converting engine... So how do afterburners work, since they are basically just adding fire/heat to the exhaust, and not air? Because a jet exhaust is a nozzle, and it tapers. To exit, it is forced to accelerate--and that takes energy out of it. So to help/counter that, you add more energy to the exhausting air----and heating it up is a simple, brute-force way to do that. You can add so much heat that it'll actually leave the nozzle with more energy (and thus potential kinetic motion) than it left the turbine with---thus a functional afterburner. I'll leave space operation to someone else, as that's a rocket, not a jet, and out of my knowledge.

Frankly--it's not like a Yamato 1/60 is any more symmetrical. They don't lock together in one solid, perfectly aligned piece. YF-19 and Sv-51 especially show that fact. Even something as "solid" and "locked together" as a G1 Optimus Prime---doesn't sit perfectly level with perfectly aligned parts.

Easy, VF-4. After that, I hope for Mylene's valk, VF-3000, VF-5000, and VF-14. I don't need smaller versions of stuff that's already available---the whole point of the line (IMHO) should be to make valks that aren't popular enough to justify the development of 1/60 ones.

2 to 5 copies of each ep, subbed, in multiple formats-----surely, something will work from this: http://getfansub.com/wiki/Macross_Frontier Though lately, it's been mostly MKV's. There are avi's out there, PM me if you really need a direct-download AVI option.

Just an FYI---feel free to send new pics to the mods for posting, but I personally only plan to put substantially new/interesting pics in the first post. There's no point in showing dozens of nigh-identical pics from different guys taken at the same angle at the same show with the same reflection in the glass... I mean, is HLJ's pic: http://www.hlj.com/hlj_gallery2/v/c3hobby/DSC_5596.jpg.html Really showing something different than the one already uploaded here: http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?act=...st&id=57579 (and ours is bigger, anyways)

We don't know the temp of valk exhaust---just because it's colored, doesn't mean it's insanely hot. Currently, the most powerful jet engines are the ones with the coolest exhaust. Hot exhaust=waste. The goal is for the turbine to EXTRACT as much heat energy out of the combustion (or nuclear fusion) process as possible to spin the compressor, not to spew as much heat as possible out the back. Heat=noise, not thrust.

I don't think the photo's level. And since we know the landing gear is removable, it could easily be explained by one of them not being inserted correctly.

I agree with eriku---whatever mode it's in, you see LEGS. It is like they are too large compared to everything else.

Hey Dangard---what's the best way to get the best possible resolution for playing on a PS3? I plan to get one soon, and want to watch Frontier on my TV in the highest res I can get. On my PC at least, gattai's been giving the sharpest resolution, with GG and Kei tied for second. Lunar's "fuzzy". Shinsen is in tiny resolution (all the copies I can find). But groups are rarely consistent, quality/compression wise it seems. I've been downloading a few copies of various eps, looking for the "ultimate" version/group that I'll then get all the eps of, before converting everything. I've copied a few eps to USB sticks to play on the 360 as an experiment, and while certainly watchable, are not as high quality as I'd like, even using the best settings I can find. I kinda blame the original files, not the conversion process.

Is there a release date for the SF ones? Seems like I've been waiting forever since the first pics months and months ago.

I just want a Linna fig that's a lot less than 50 bucks... Actually, this one's my fave: http://www.hlj.com/product/ATS34348 but again, way too expensive. (yes, I like the 2040 designs---a lot) Adding motoslaves just makes them even MORE "too expensive". BGC seems among the few series where there is just no way to get a couple "cheap" figures. Even fairly obscure characters from anime/games that I like, I can find a $20 or $30 figure. But not BGC. They come in "expensive" and "really expensive".

I've never seen test-shots etc that had the parts inked in on the sprues. That's kinda pointless/misrepresentative.

There's absolutely no comparison between the old and new 1/60. The real question is 1/48 vs new 1/60. And I lean towards the latter. As does Graham, based on his review.

I haven't been able to open that site either. Flash just sucks IMHO----the only thing that ever crashes my browser is due to poorly-implemented Flash. And updates never change anything. It's just "blahblahblah version E.ocx" crashes instead of version D...

I'm thinking about picking up a PS3 soon (more for Blu-Ray than games), I'm waiting to see if there's any inkling of a price drop (unlikely) after the next 360 drop next week.

Eh, forget more Ranka and Sheryl singing, we need more "action AMV with rockin' BGM" This one's my fave: (I went through the thread and didn't see it posted yet)

Agent ONE *is* his avatar. He even mentions that fact in his sig for the newbies...

Personally I'd rather have Battle 7, Quarter, or Battle 25-----more complex/involved transformations. (yes, still quite simple, but more than SDF-1's)

More Ep 14 armor things: 1. The full armor has a piece that goes over the rear canopy. It hinges downwards in battroid mode. A lot like a heatshield. But it SHOULD hinge upwards in fighter mode to allow the canopy to open---but when Alto has his canopy open when he first gets the armor, that piece is clearly "level" with the canopy poking THROUGH that part of the armor. 2. Same piece of armor over the canopy rear----Ozma's has his logo on it. When we first see Alto's---has Ozma's logo! Then it's gone. Then it's back again.

Maybe. But if they go for cartoon-accurate Thundercracker, that'll ruin it. We need G1-toy-color TC. Skywarp--doesn't make much difference.

I personally don't like Dynamite Explosion at all. But, Holy Lonely Light (duet) is the best Fire Bomber song. Any song's better with Mylene. For raw "sound of voice" my fave is still Mylene, followed by Sharon (all of them), then Ranka, then Minmay, then Sheryl. Heart and Soul might be the best M7 song of all though. (yes, this thread inevitably will become a "best song" discussion)

Official (I think) photos of MP-07, probably the best-lit and most-accurate: http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB...ref=pd_sim_t_13 Hmmmn, pretty nice blue.

I was going to ask about Ultra Fire too---the only M7 CD I have is unofficial I think, but it's closest to what's on Ultra Fire. It's basically Ultra Fire + Heart and Soul. "Best Collection".

Yeah, but in fighter mode, the Super (and armor) pack closes the intakes which may be needed when flying on a planet... Anyways---I just now noticed that a full-armor pack has a bit of armor that goes over the rear part of the canopy. In battroid mode, it hinges down to make a sort of heatshield. (And Ozma's has his logo on it). In ep 14 though, I don't think they animated it fully, as Alto has his cockpit open, and the canopy is clearly going THROUGH that piece of armor. (in "real life" it presumably can hinge up and down, but I think they forgot to animate the upwards hinge for fighter mode). The first appearance of Alto's armor also has Ozma's logo on it, but it's gone for the rest of the ep, so I think that's just an animation error---would have been a neat opportunity for a custom logo for Alto. (I'm thinking geisha with a parasol) ::edit:: It shows up again later---I still say animation error, as only Ozma should have that logo.