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The VF-19 Excalibur engine ratings in the Macross Chronicle
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The thrust-to-weight ratio is totally valid for the intended purpose; a simple and convenient way to express Valkyrie statistics through a single figure. Fans can then use that figure to easily compare one Valkyrie to another Valkyrie, or even to a real world jet fighter. The ratios are not designed as an exhaustive academic dissertation on the subject (nor is there enough official trivia for any such examination of any aspect of the Valkyries). Again, the appearance of thrust and weight figures in Macross is very likely another aping of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series which actually provided derived Thrust-to-Weight ratios in published statistics (the ratio was titled "maximum thruster acceleration" in Gundam, but is the exact same figure as a Thrust-to-Weight ratio). The only difference is the Macross writers simply provided sufficient figures for thrust and weight and wanted fans to do the math themselves. So we have -
Sounds good. The pics of the schematics looked really detailed. I love the design of the inside of that ship.
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I won't get into comparisons that can go nowhere, but I will say this is one of the best 3D experiences you're likely to have at the theatre. Yes, it's THAT good.
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Glad to see others are enjoying it. Thankfully it's also doing very well at the box office ($158 million domestic), which I hadn't suspected given how terrible it's been marketed. I'm happy the movie is finding an audience and making money.
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The VF-19 Excalibur engine ratings in the Macross Chronicle
Mr March replied to Mr March's topic in Movies and TV Series
Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm glad this analysis was helpful. While errors and omissions are not exactly new to the Macross Chronicle, many of them are not as easy to diagnose as this VF-19 engine issue was. But it helps to have something written down for future reference. Regarding the unit "kg", the unit does indeed stand for "kilograms-thrust" or "kgf". I can understand the confusion since the term is apparently obscure. It is not an officially recognized unit but was apparently used by Russians in their rocket engineering. All the Macross productions up to Macross Dynamite 7 published their official statistics using thrust ratings in "kg". This was likely adopted from Mobile Suit Gundam and from there I've no idea where it came from or why. Starting with Macross Zero the thrust ratings have been more properly expressed in kiloNewtons (kN). I went through the trouble of converting all the old statistics for the mecha from SDF Macross through Macross Dynamite 7 to kiloNewtons. Thrust ratings in kN can be found in each Valkyrie profile in green colored text, so that fans can compare engine performance between all the old mecha to the Macross Zero/Frontier mecha. Regarding the VF-171EX Nightmare Plus engines, the thrust ratings can either be expressed as 67.5 tons or 67,500 kg. Either expression is accurate and each displays the same measurement just in a different order of magnitude. The VF-171EX Nightmare Plus engine ratings equate to roughly 662.18 kN of thrust per engine. The Macross Chronicle has provided enough statistics to calculate a Thrust-to-Weight ratio for the VF-171 and VF-171EX (as well as several other earlier Valkyries) and those will be included in the next update. For those fans who are interested, I'll post the VF-171 T-W ratios (and the original VF-17 Nightmare ratios) below for comparison. VF-17D Nightmare (empty) = 9.28 VF-17S Nightmare (empty) = 10.04 VF-171 Nightmare Plus (empty) = 7.48 VF-171EX Nightmare Plus (empty) = 10.42 -
After a conversation with Seto Kaiba yesterday, I decided to write an exhaustive analysis for the apparently bizarre published engine ratings of the VF-19 Excalibur in Macross Chronicle issues #27 and #41. I'm posting it here before inclusion on my website for the submission of any thoughts, corrections or questions fellow interested fans may have. NOTE: Please ignore the HTML tags
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The Chronicle can be expensive over all, but the manner of it's publication has made it quite affordable. It's also REALLY important to stress the value of the Macross Chronicle even for the casual Macross fan. The Macross Chronicle is a very visual publication that one can enjoy despite the language barrier. There's simply so much to see and, true to many anime fan guides, the Chronicle is littered with English titles, measurements and miscellaneous facts. Beyond the obvious mecha and character art sections, there are full page posters of amazing marketing art for all the series, newly created diagrams for battles or other locales, visual color code guides for everything from FAST packs to armor/missiles and amazing splash page art for the World Guides, History Sheets and Technology pages. If you've got the Chronicle and a scanner, you will never want for Macross wallpaper on your computer ever again. If you're a Macross fan that has owned very few Macross fan books or is looking get the most out of their dollar by owning one book series that is an acceptable substitute for all the other Macross fan books (rare, out of print or otherwise), the Chronicle is THE choice for you.
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WOOHOO! Got my order of Macross Chronicle issues #26-#45 on Friday. Now I need binders and I need to buy page folders Lot's of great stuff in all of them and I can tell I have to correct colors for a few more of the existing mecha on my site (although fewer than I had originally thought, which is good). They've included many more pieces of line art I've never seen before in the old Macross art books (at least the half dozen I own) and I'm sure to enjoy those. I gotta say that the new statistics for the VF-9 Cutlass were a VERY welcome sight. Plenty of goodies to gush over in this huge batch of issues and I'm really glad that the series is almost over. It's been a long haul, but ultimately this is the guide to Macross I've always wanted.
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An ass-kicking review
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Thanks to this Friday's release of "Kick-Ass", the late night showings of How to Train Your Dragon were the perfect forum to check out this 3D animated film with a group of friends. I have to admit that during pre-release this film was nowhere on my radar and the marketing didn't do a damn thing to entice my interest. However, after repeated ecstatic mentions for the movie at many of my regular online film geek haunts, I relented and found myself incredibly surprised by this amazing animated film. Humor, heart and havoc ensue all through the well-paced run time of How to Train Your Dragon. It has a solid story, amazing visual sequences and real humor without a single lame pop culture reference within earshot. If you have, like myself, been indifferent to the concept and advertising for this film, you owe it to yourself to check it out and be surprised by this highly entertaining movie. Watching it in 3D is a must. I took two other friends with me and we all loved it. It's a 4.5 out of 5 for me.
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Thank you for the submission caaasasasas, but I already have that line art (thanks to Zinjo for the submission) and it will appear in the next update. Nonetheless, I appreciate the submissions and thank you (and all other fans) for helping me.
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I agree. The abuse of the underage pretty much began with that kid in Jerry Maguire
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I feel comfortable in the knowledge some people are inclined to follow Ebert's opinion. They aren't the ones paying for movies, so their righteous indignation will be accounted appropriately as worthless. I once felt sad at the fall of film criticism but now I'm thinking for the first time the marginalization of Roger Ebert and his increasingly obsolete contemporaries might be a good thing for the viability of film. Kick-Ass, much like District 9, seems well positioned to continue the growing trend for high-quality, mass appeal films financed and produced independent of Hollywood. If Kick-Ass turns out to be as good as advance reviews suggest, I wish it all the best.
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In an age where Die Hard is PG and too few seem to notice the disturbing lack of blood in The Dark Knight, I see very little morally reprehensible with an R-rated film unabashedly flaunting itself in a cultural climate filled with sanitized entertainment. I guess I'll be the first to cry square at Ebert
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There's no stealth in space! But this reminds me that I really want those Serenity schematics they released a year or two back.
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Wow, so many new goodies. With that massive 21.62 meter size for the original QF-3000E Ghost from SDFM, it makes me wonder if the X-9 GHost from M+ isn't also a really large craft. Perhaps that explains why the X-9 Ghost carries can internally carry such a large missile load, something similar to the speculative size of the craft first guessed by anime52k8 in the size thread.
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This is definitely on my radar. The buzz about this film is good so far and the trailers look promising. I'm a fan of Vaughn and figure he'll at least make something worth watching.
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Talos Nice work. I love the new look of the vertical stabilizer. Very sexy SchizophrenicMC Oh, steal away. It's all for a creative cause Well done.
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Carmageddon
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Sure, I'll add that fella. I already have a higher resolution scan that I'll be using for that particular mecha, but thank you for the thought anyway.
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Honest opinion, I wasn't crazy about it. Having said that, I will make a few comments. This short film was an honest attempt to build a real dramatic short story and that's exactly the right mindset from which to create something worth telling. About 99% of all fan films and fan fiction are dead boring filler made for the sole purpose of justifying overblown, unengaged action sequences. Your film is definitely something different. Although the feel of the short film doesn't really remind me much of Macross (except possibly some parts of Macross Zero) I did appreciate the consistency of the tone set throughout. The short was edited in an interesting way using tried and true black and white footage with piecemeal shots and a fitting score. It felt like a partially recalled memory, which is what you set out to do.
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At the behest of Talos I watched the first episode of the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn OVA series and figured I'd share a few thoughts about it. Definitely an enjoyable first episode and a Gundam story I'm finding interesting. The animation is very good and I like that they are taking some chances with the framing and composition of the scenes. This is definitely not a by-the-numbers animation and it really shows in the wider variety of shots. The use of CGI seems to be less than one would expect for a current anime and it's all integrated in a more relaxed fashion. This is not necessarily a bad thing but is a somewhat unusual choice given the many wonderful recent examples of well integrated CGI in anime. The pacing in Gundam Unicorn appears quite deliberate and disciplined, a welcome departure from most common editing styles in anime. No doubt the original source novels had a major impact on the editing of the anime adaptation and that's just fine with me. The characters are interesting although I found the setup of the cast somewhat conventional. Nonetheless I'm invested in the characters and curious to see where the story goes. The action was thrilling and the battles were definitely designed with more thought and effort. The mechanical design is a definite winner for me. No garish, brightly colored or excessively stylized mecha appear here and instead we have some familiar yet welcome new mobile suit motifs with plenty of muted colors to help sell the realism. About the only thing I strongly dislike about Gundam Unicorn is the release date gaps between OVA episodes I'm really optimistic for Gundam Unicorn and I can definitely see myself enjoying more of this OVA. Much to my surprise I had a lot of fun with 2007's Mobile Suit Gundam 00 which was the first Gundam television series I've liked in a long time. If Gundam Unicorn is as good as it's first episode, this will be the best one-two punch from the Gundam franchise that I've enjoyed since Gundam Zeta and Gundam 0080. Episode 2 can't arrive soon enough
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I basically redrafted the Hobby Japan YF-25 schematics and built an "F" variant profile. I know the HJ schematics have their proportional problems (like almost ALL the Macross schematics ever published) but I needed a VF-25 Messiah schematic set to fill the main VF-25 profile to the same standard as all the other Valkyries on the M3. If someone wants to build better, more accurate schematics, I'd be more than happy to feature them on my site. I'll take a shot just estimating the stripe patterns and see what happens. I really just want to finish off these schematics and move on to building other profiles for the next update.
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A definite must have.