David Hingtgen

Yeah, make the title so people know it's "real". Not "What do you want to see?" but rather "Yamato is directly asking the fans what valk they should make next---vote here"

Looks a lot more like the "standard" F-19 stuff of the late 80's/early 90's to me. Monogram's was cooler than Testors': http://www.ericksmodels.com/gallery/f19/f19.html Almost a perfect match for the photos above. (GI Joe's was based on Testors')

I was gonna say Escaflowne, but you already discounted it.

Yeah, at this point I'm just trying to figure out what her(roommate's) power is. The whole "it's like I'm getting better at it every second" quote is either a red herring, or the most blatant tip ever. Of course, the whole episode was full of awkward exposition for those who hadn't watched the season 3 finale, so it may have been one of many awkward lines shoe-horned in there. My initial guess was that it's something like Eden, in that she can be very persuasive/commanding (she told to off herself), but that doesn't fit at all with her quote.

I totally didn't recognize Claire's newest roommate as the youngest daughter from "The Nanny".

"Pick 2" would have been the best option IMHO. I think that would have affected the leaders a lot.

How do we have only 178 votes? We have more votes in the "is your v2 VF-1 broken" thread----I'm betting there's a lot more "people with opinions" on the forum, than actual broken-v2-owners.

Actually it was quite good, as "not season 1" eps go.

I think the -19 votes are mainly for Emerald Squadron/Blazer valks, not Basara.

Saw this, laughed, had to post. It's the abridged version of FF8: "Draw/Stock, Draw/Stock, Draw/Stock, Draw/Stock, Draw/Stock, CGI cutscene, Draw/Stock, Draw/Stock, Draw/Stock, Draw/Stock, Draw/Stock, Summon, Draw/Stock,Draw/Stock,Draw/Stock, repeat".

That's pretty much it.

I imagine that as simply being asymmetrical drag, which pretty much only induces yaw. Plenty of other/better ways to do that. (unless you're a B-2, and that's the only way you've got)

Opening a nozzle asymmetrically would totally screw with the pressure and coherence of the exhaust.

Canopies are over-rated.

While I'd prefer a VF-4, I voted for 0D based on likelyhood of actually being made. C'mon, it's delta-winged---that's rare for a VF. I'm surprised at the VF-2----I still don't "get" why people like it so. Like the VF-0, it just seems to be a tweaked VF-1 to me. (the 0D though, is a practically a new design)

A VF-19 (any version) from M7 would be more than a minor remold. It'd be 90% new. We'll probably see a VF-0D from them before a short-winged VF-19. Speaking of which--where's the VF-0D?!?!

I'm a huge Milia fan, but I just can't justify what is essentially "another YF-21". (not at 200 bucks) The VF-1 is the only valk I ever have more than one of.

I've always believed the VF-1's wing is very similar to an F-14's. Leading-edge slats, trailing edge Fowler flaps, and spoilers for roll. (technically the F-14 doesn't have Fowler flaps, but that's the closest term I know of for its presumably-unique flap design) In fact, I think nearly all swing-wing planes have a very similar wing layout. (F-111, B-1B, Tornado, etc) However, all of them primarily use the tailplanes for roll, with the spoilers being only supplemental, and usually (if not always) using spoilers for low-speed low-sweep flight only. VF-1 has no tailplanes. But then again---none of them have thrust vectoring. Still, vectoring as a primary means of control goes against most design policies/wisdom for 1:1 jets, even the F-22 doesn't allow vectoring to expand the flight envelope---merely make certain moves happen faster and to recover with more energy than aerodynamics alone would provide.

IIRC most electrical stuff is designed for +/- 10%. +/- 5% is "tight" tolerance. Anything tighter than that tends to be medical/military-grade etc. (this is why 110v vs 120v is never a factor) So 11.1 vs 10.8 is only 3%.

Any game with the spell "virulent walking bomb" has to rock. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/dragonage/n...p;mode=previews

Cool: (IMHO they look nicer than the equivalent 360 mygamercard ones)

Question for those who have kept up on the latest HDTV tech: My parents are planning on getting a new TV for Xmas, and have asked me to pick it out for them. Now as I'm only familiar with the small-mid sizes, I only know LCDs. This new TV will probably be a 46in (maybe 40-42), and it will be viewed off-axis a LOT. Primarily in fact. IIRC plasmas deal better with off-axis, but I've also seen that even compared to my TV, new LCDs are better at off-axis than they were. Still---do plasmas still have a notable advantage in off-axis viewing? That is frankly the main concern with this TV, everything else doesn't matter. In short---what is the best 40-46in TV out there for off-axis viewing? PS---are all the "winter" TV sets out now, or will there be a big influx of new models in the next month or two? TVs were down to a 9-month model cycle last I checked, and I don't know when the last "reset" was in the stores.

I like the locked-out theory. There's a really good explanation for them not moving all around in fighter mode. Because they don't have room--think about it---nearly every valk has the feet slide out, THEN open up and transform into feet. Even on the toys, you don't have lateral movement of the feet in fighter mode--have to slide them out first (with excessive force in the case of many a Yamato). Thus, 2D-only vectoring for most valks in fighter mode, due to the ankles being "shoved up inside the nacelles" in fighter mode. YF-21 is the only valk with 3D vectoring, as it's the only valk where the nozzles aren't the feet.

My suggestion is to simply google the combination of "card you're thinking about and the PC you have". There's probably somebody who has tried that combination, and posted if it fit or not. That's how I know lots of the parts of my PC fit before I built it. No matter how "flat" a computer part may be, it's always a 3D issue of some capacitor sticking up somewhere that interferes with some HD bracket over there...

Plus it's not actually clear in the typical sense---it's like transparent rainbow-chrome. With totally clear, you can at least say "it's like a cutaway drawing, showing the internal mechanics". But this? That's just plain girly IMHO.