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  1. Sildani
    Nice design. The vertical stab might fold flat to the side in Battroid to keep it out of the way. The gunpod is faintly reminiscent of the YF-19's. It may well have internal missiles and wing hardpoints, otherwise it looks pretty light weight.
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    Yeah, good looking bird. Pity about its troubles. Any idea why the 50 has such a nose-down attitude while on its landing gear?
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    It's entirely possible that Overtechnology/space alloy/handwavium is so tough it could simply accept WHATEVER stresses and temperatures you'd care to introduce it to. OK then. What OT CANNOT do - at least I think it can't - is create extra room where none existed before. So if you've got a new engine that's half an inch greater in diameter than the old, you need to re-engineer the airframe. There's no way around it, and so that's where reality must enter, and be explained and worked through, so we can keep suspending our disbelief about the rest of it. It does for me, at least.
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    And the engine may run hotter, so needs more cooling/different materials for the airframe/enhanced fuel flow/different air intake speed and flow/changed access panels for maintenance...
  5. Sildani
    That's great! Too bad about the extreme language barrier though. Still, lotsa pretty pictures I'm sure!
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    Yeah, remember what happened when the Israelis put a J79 into their Mirage III's to make the Kfir - the engine was a tad wider and ran hotter, so IAI had to install more cooling ductwork, widen and shorten the rear fuselage a bit, and reinforce the airframe. This was in addition to the other aerodynamic changes. The result was practically a new airplane that only resembled the Mirage. So it will be for most re-engine jobs, I think.
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    Something else too: if it's painted, that explains why this particular example looks more matte in appearance than Brera's 27 or the previous Beta version - Bandai used a matte green paint. Wonder if that's how these new Betas will be made - Bandai will take their unsold stock of Gammas and paint them.
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    Did you buy the six-foot Daedalus?
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    I was wondering about that. Lovely machine, regardless. I see it has all the necessary holes for the super parts - any idea if Bandai intends to re-issue them separately, or of they just can't be bothered?
  10. Sildani
    Sharon Apple for me, mostly because of the music itself. Ranka is cute and positive, which is really nice, and Sheryl is just not appealing. Minmei is annoying. Never saw 7, don't intend to. Could Ishtar count?
  11. Sildani
    Episode archives? Wonder what that entails.
  12. Sildani
    That'll soon change. News reports say the various European countries will require having two persons in the cockpit at all times, and that will go into effect damn quick.
  13. Sildani
    Impressive. Most impressive.
  14. Sildani
    Ordered. By August things should have calmed down for me to afford it.
  15. Sildani
    Battle of the Coral Sea?
  16. Sildani
    It's a Tamashii Web Shop exclusive, derex, so it should be widely available thru the usual sources like Hobby Link Japan and Nippon-Yasan. No pre-order madness for this one! Oh, and bought, in case you couldn't tell. It's "my" Valkyrie, after all.
  17. Sildani
    I was wondering why the AF couldn't use the C variant as its own. The larger wing would confer longer range and better maneuverability, and I doubt they'd have too many pilots complain about larger control surfaces. Couldn't be that difficult to shoehorn in the GAU-12. Delete the wing folding mechanism and job's a good 'un.
  18. Sildani
    Yep, but on DS9, he gets some really, really good screen time. Fights the Dominion, marries Jadzia Dax, nails Ezri Dax, commands the Defiant, kills Gowron and briefly becomes Chancellor, then Federation Ambassador to the Empire, and sings Klingon opera. Oh yes, Sisko and the others occasionally LISTEN to him. And let's not forget, also has a thing with Troi. So, yes, Worf gets disrespect. But there are compensations.
  19. Sildani
    "There was once a young lady from Venus, Who had a body shaped like a-" "Thank you Commander, that will do!" *** "What do I have to do to convince you people I'm mortal?!" "Die."
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    Clarkson may well take the show to wherever, and wherever will hire him, because Top Gear as a show format is pretty much a license to print money. If he does, Pinky and Perky will probably follow. Why wouldn't they? They're getting paid massively to do what they enjoy doing anyway. So, Top Gear the show may well die. Top Gear as a format will likely go on, depending on whether Clarkson actually WANTS to continue on. That's one thing I HAVEN'T read about.
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    In the OVA Margue took a flying leap off of the SDF-1 during Sharon's Earth concert, into Sharon's image. Suicide, I think so that Sharon could be fully independent. Dunno about the chip. Might have been in the movie, I've only seen that once.
  22. Sildani
    One thing for certain - it'd be the first Valkyrie with spinners!
  23. Sildani
    One thing for certain - the Valkyrie based on her would have an amazing paint scheme.
  24. Sildani
    And the carrier deck!
  25. Sildani
    Krell was an ass, no doubt. Loved watching him work, and his fighting style was marvelous to see. He had to die, of course, but what a character!
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