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And back to the topic, I wonder how the rest of the roadies loathe having to service the rest of the Sound Force VFs since their controls are so different from the factory standard.

And speaking of which, I think that General Galaxy 's SV line would be known to be a giant pain in the arse to service.

On 11/30/2020 at 11:10 PM, Marzan said:

Basara's VF-19 Excalibur Custom. I could be crew chief and roadie at the same time and service that sweet guitar control scheme.

You would hate that guitar control scheme. That thing is a pain in the butt to service because it is so different from conventional VF controls. Not to mention earning the wrath of Basara if you accidentally botch the maintenance. 

On 9/25/2020 at 11:13 PM, Mommar said:

My Grandpa was a Chief Master Sargent and retired from the Air Force in the early 70's after being an F4 specialist.  He used to RAIL against engineers who were supposedly so smart they could design some fancy flying contraption but didn't have the intelligence to figure out how to make anything accessible.

Fascinating stories about driving out into Nazi controlled North African desert to salvage parts from downed planes so they could maintain flying the P-38's doing bombing runs on Southern Italy.

To quote the designer of the PPSH SMG, "It is very easy to do complex things, but to keep things simple, that's very difficult."  I sometimes appreciate the engineering genius of Russian military hardware because they make their stuff easy to repair with easily accessible compartments.

Speaking of which and back to the topic of VF and maintaining them, I wonder if the VF-19 is loathed by crew chiefs and their ground crews. That high performance has a tendency to wear down parts faster.

Which Variable Fighter you would love to maintain and which Variable Fighter you would not like to maintain? For me, I would be happy with maintaining the VF-25 Messiah family because the linear actuators used in the design would help reduce wear and tear of the transformation mechanisms. I will loathe maintaining the SV-262 Draken III family because of the way it transforms.