Great Mechanics 93: M0 Destroid (Cheyenne), SV-51 & F-14 Tomcat

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Author's notes: another large article that I probably won't find the time to completely translate.  I also cannot find the title of the article, other than "Macross Zero"...

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2003.10.16

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Loaded Aboard the UN Forces Carriers, the Anti-Air Interception Destroid
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Anti-Air Interception
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Roller Dash Function [feature]
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A missile launching type also appears
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(picts and synopsis of mecha action in episode 3)

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Anti-UN Forces Variable Fighter SV-51
The trial manufacture [prototype] experimental type of a variable fighter that the Anti-UN Forces designed on the assumption of being used in actual combat.  The experimental craft is an improvement compared with the UN Forces VF-0, and the airframes stability, practical use and so on are high.  (You) will see each part of the airframe that boasts of a high perfection, considering the operating situation.

Main Wing and Drop Tank
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Cockpit
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Dedicated Gun Pod
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Lift Fan
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Battroid Form
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SV-51 Spec
Manufacture [production] Design: joint development of Sukhoi / Israel Aircraft Industries / Dornier
Length: 22.77 m
Empty Weight: 17,800 Kg
Enginge: Abiadobigateru (Aviadvigatel) D-30 F 6 X Turbofan jet (102.5 KN, with afterburner 204.7 KN) x2; VTOL Fanjet x2 (they operate as high-mobility jets in battroid form).
Maximum Speed: Mach 2.81 at 11,000 m
Cruising Range: 1,910 Km when equipped with standard Combined Micro-Missile Launcher & Drop Tanks Pods
Ceiling: 22,500 m

Armament: fixed equipment: Minigun (Gsh-231 12.7 mm machinegun) x1
Standard Armament: 55 mm Gunpod (Gsh-371 loaded with 120 shells) x1 (it is normally equipped with a spare magazine x1 at the rear of the fuselage), Combined Micro-Missile Launcher & Drop Tanks Pods x2 (they are normally equipped on 2 out of the 6 hardpoints under the main wing): 18x Tsuropufu (Turopov) SA-19M I/IR guided Micro Missiles are stored in each.　　The SV-51 can be equipped with the greater part of former Warsaw Pact Forces standard aircraft armaments.

Defensive Armaments: SPO-15C 360 degree Passive Radar Warning Reception System, Chaff and Flare dispenser system (APP-60) x1, Active Stealth System (RP-51), SWAG Energy Conversion Armour System (SW-51), and others.

Possible to takeoff from within the sea:  a few improved airframes of the SV-51 exist for takeoff and flight from within the sea from a submarine.  It is possible to do the underwater takeoff from periscope depth to 30 m below the surface; and after it is shot out of the submarine by compressed air and advances into the air by a rocket motor, it shifts to flight with a conventional turbojet engine.  This airframe has been waterproofed and in addition to strengthening to resist pressure, the modifications include a folding mechanism in the wings so the SV-51 can fit in the compact takeoff dock inside the submarine.

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Fighter Form

(Thrust) Vector Nozzle
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Main Wing
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Mini gun
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Cannard Wing
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Lift Fan
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Gerwalk Form
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Head Camera
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Pg 102
Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat

Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat Spec
Length: 19.1 m
Height: 4.88 m
Width: 11.65 m (swept), 19.54 (unswept)
Wing Area: 52.5 m²
Empty Weight: 18,951 Kg
Maximum Weight: 33,724 Kg
Maximum Speed: Mach 2.34 at high altitude
Ceiling: 16,150 m
Cruising Range: 3,213 Km
Enginge: GE F-110-GE-400 Turbofan (6,350 Kg x2)
Number of Crew: 2
Production Machine Number: 575
Armament: 20 mm machinegun x1, possibility of loading (up to) 6,577 Kg of armaments.
Prototype and First Flight: December, 1970.

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