teknos

Just to beat a dead horse for no reason, I was considering the problem of not having enough room to rotate the ejection seat and egress from the head when the Valkyrie goes into battroid mode. It seems that one of the primary offenders is the landing gear, according to the wireframes that Dan posted. So my solution would be to "slide" the landing gear assembly forward, into the nose cone/radome (see attached image), and out of the way to create room for the seat to rotate "into". I understand that theres's a radar that's in the way, but couldn't it swing aside to allow for the assembly to slide into the nosecone? And yes, that would also require additional mechanics and linkages, but Robotechnology surely could create something that's wire-thin,...no? This also doesn't solve some of the other problems that Dan's identified, but maybe with enough suggestions and imagination, the seat egress could come a step closer to a functional idea? Just my $0.03 (adjusted for inflation)

Wow. My vocabulary isn't nearly large enough to begin to describe your work. But if I tried, it would be some kind of mumble of: "Will you be my hero?"