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  1. David Hingtgen
    Honestly, seriously--I hope so. How could Walken in a circus NOT be great?
  2. David Hingtgen
    Wow, those are some seriously curvy lower legs. Inspired the YF-19?
  3. David Hingtgen
    CG-04 man---MP-11 mold with MP-07 deco...
  4. David Hingtgen
    Yup, that's where F-15's keep their dispensers.
  5. David Hingtgen
    Hmmn---the deluxe editions says you get the PS4 theme if purchased before Jan 16---do they mean pre-ordered, or charged? As in, do they charge immediately, if you pre-order it now?
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    Yeah----unless the -22 is WAY bigger than I think it is (i.e. far larger than a large fighter jet) there's nowhere near enough room for hauling an idol group in the leg-bay.... (because even after removing the legs, the engines and lower halves of the nacelles still protrude into the area, among other things)
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    This. I'm 99% sure the leg gimmick is why my Yamato -21's thighs cracked apart. Both the -19 and -21 always seem to end up severely compromised for those gimmicks. They are not worth it at all.
  8. David Hingtgen
    It's an Israeli chopper now? (Going by the markings). Just made me realize I know what jets Israel has very well, but I have no clue about their helo forces.
  9. David Hingtgen
    The alt explanation has little credence IMHO---programmed not to respond below 100ft AGL? That would mean the plane was designed to not be able to perform go-arounds nor touch-and-gos, and had never done so during the prior year of certification testing. I think at best, they are arguing that "it should have responded quicker to commands, and possibly have saved the aircraft from the dangerous situation it had been put in". In which, it's far better NOT to put the aircraft "in a descent, at 100ft off the ground and dropping, with engines at idle, and NOT plan to be on the ground soon thereafter..." in the first place. You're supposed to be level and stabilized BEFORE you do your pass, not 'drop right into the crowd and hope you stop your descent in time', even at airshows. "If only it'd had 300,000lbs of thrust and afterburners, it could have cleared the trees..."
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    Yup! Couldn't understand a word of it, but it was probably mostly half-truths anyways. (pretty sure they had a plasma-stealth mention in there, with the "disappearing" T-50 scene). But I still learned quite a bit just watching the thing fly up close, and see how it uses its control surfaces. Dang, it would have been ginormous. Never realized just how big it was.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Flame Toys is technically Third-Party, even if licensed, so it's ok to be here, even if the thread is 99% unlicensed stuff. Every Konami, Capcom, Square, etc NES cartridge ever was the very definition of "licensed Third-Party". (Nintendo made and supplied the actual cartridges, the software companies developed stuff to put on them--but the actual cartridges were still 100% Nintendo's, nobody else could make them--and Nintendo even had yearly restrictions on how many different games a company could make, all tied into the licensing agreement)
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    This always bugged me about the Yamato---the fin sticking off the forearm at an angle: Is the Sv-51 supposed to be like that? Or is Arcadia just copying the Yamato's flaw, and the tailfin is supposed to lay flat and flush against the forearm in battroid mode?
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    Like the Su-57/T-50/PAK-FA? How about an HD documentary? http://video.sina.com.cn/p/mil/doc/2018-11-12/194769071146.html Interesting version of the "digital speedbrake"--uses the vertical fins angled in (slab surfaces, not rudders). (YF-23 used the flaps and ailerons, F-22 and Super Hornet like to splay the rudders out) As for the J-20-----the belly-bay is getting all the attention, but it's the side-bays that are FAR more interesting/revolutionary---like being able to fire with the doors closed: Why? The full answer is here: http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24841/chinas-j-20-stealth-fighter-stuns-by-brandishing-full-load-of-missiles-at-zhuhai-air-show But the short version is---if you've reduced the range to the point that you're now in a knife-fight using off-boresight missle launches---stealth is no longer a factor, manueverability/aerodynamics/timing is paramount---and keeping big draggy bay doors open at low-speed high-alpha is a bad thing, as is the delay in opening the door, letting the seeker confirm its lock, then firing. By getting the missles into a "ready" position---they can start locking on immediately, while preserving flight characteristics---and the instant you're ready to fire---so is the missile. No bay-door/ejector-rail delay. 1 second delay could easily be the difference between winning and losing in those situations.
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    That was my thought---a "cyborg-d" Sheryl, like Brera, to pilot a VF-27. Cyber-Sheryl could be a very interesting character---she already had a good arc in Frontier, so adding in "fighting her implants" would just be another layer of interesting things to pursue for her story development.
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    Nah, anti-beam coating:
  17. David Hingtgen
    "The main overall color" is not a small detail. Would people accept a rust-colored or wine-colored Milia? Baby-blue or midnight blue Max VF-1J? If you can identify an issue, through a very blurry, tiny 100x100 little pic, then it's not minor.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Or, first nation to invent Stonehenge-style long-range railguns...
  19. David Hingtgen
    No F-8 makes Area 88 pointless IMHO...
  20. David Hingtgen
    That last line likely means "95% of future DLC will be idolmaster skins" Also----Boeing is ready for AC7, they've displayed a load-out that looks "typical for late-game Ace Combat mission goals": (model fail though---still has tailhook fairing, and the belly is not an E-model's)
  21. David Hingtgen
    I don't think I'd trust Freyja's aim...
  22. David Hingtgen
    Very much so. See MP-03 Starscream. Kawamori seems to like "revising" things lately, that people are asking for "what we grew up seeing, and know exactly what it looks like". Frankly--I do not care if Kawamori prefers a Blue VF-0D. It wasn't blue. If he wanted it blue, he should have demanded it be so about 15 years ago. Also, and even more importantly IMHO---IT WAS PERFECTLY ON-SCREEN-ACCURATE AT THE SAMPLE STAGE. IT WAS *CHANGED* to be blue. It wasn't that "they tried matching the anime/canon/consensus coloring, and failed" ---they had it dead-on. Then the final production version, was completely different. More so than anything ever gets changed due to "final factory paint-mix was a smidge off from the sample"---it was changed, intentionally, to be inaccurate. Changing something to knowingly make it inaccurate, when the correct version has already been done/prepared. That irks me to no end. I pre-ordered this, this is what was shown at every retailer soliciting pre-orders: Slate grey-blue and ghost grey, not royal blue and white. (yes, the main color is just PART of it---the undersides shouldn't be pure snow white, but more like DYRL grey)
  23. David Hingtgen
    Looks even cooler in battroid: Best image I have of the logo: And hey, super parts:
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    Yup, mentioned it long ago, have zero hope of ever getting it. If anyone ever wants to sell their renewal Grace, keep me in mind.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Considering the "Skywarp is Cyclonus" theory----I think "Skywarp lavender" is a good reference for the color Cyclonus should be. And those two guys look very different in that pic. And the bolded section---this, a million times this. It's probably my #1 complaint with every 3P Cyclonus, more than the overall color. It should be a SUBTLE difference. Not as subtle as the 2 shades of magenta on Hotrod (THAT is subtle), but it shouldn't be "smack you in the face obvious". His forearms are a BIT different color than the rest of him. They shouldn't look like they're from someone with an entirely different paintscheme... A well-colored/on-model Cyclonus, has SLIGHLY more reddish forearms/knees. Not strikingly obviously different from the rest of him.
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