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    Bandai DX VF-31

    d3v replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    The nose is shorter though which doesn't make it look as extreme as the 25/27/29.
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    Characters being based on tropes isn't anything unexpected and is par for the course for most anime. It's nigh impossible to create a character and not have them represent some trope. Besides, in the first few episodes of a show, they help audiences get an initial understanding of the character. I'm more concerned about the large number of characters in the cast, or more precisely, how it seems they've "front loaded" them where we get introduced to them quickly. Compare with Frontier where they introduced the characters much more slowly (e.g. we didn't get introduced to Klan and her team until episode 4) and the series seemed to grow more naturally into a larger cast. Delta on the other hand dumped alot of characters on us right at the start.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    d3v replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    The drooping nose plus the forward canopy frame help give the 25/31 a very russian look to them.
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    Except that even the chest/torso area is also different. Based on the fact that, since Frontier, guns seem to "lock on" to their target, I assume that the their targeting systems are able to automatically point the gun in the correct direction once it's locked on.
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    You need to host that image on a site that allows hotlinking, like Imgur.
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    Because Alto's main problem wasn't goofing off, it was being overly aggressive and cocky. Hayate on the other hand has already been established as someone with a tendency to goof off.
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    Well, classic Lambos were more known for setting themselves on fire. The 911 comparison comes from the fact that the classic cars were known as widowmakers due to a design quirk unique to them (rear engine). Makes sense, since the track/race modes of most sports care specifically turn off the electronic nannies (or make you think they do).
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    Technically though, the finger placement in the one-handed Walkure sign and the West Coast hand sign are different. The former is middle finger over ring finger, while the latter is ring finger over middle finger.
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    EX-Gears are probably as commom as parachutes/ejection seats are in modern fighter jets at this point.
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    Would you go after a moving target, or one that's lying there just for you to pick up (and cooked to boot). It's pretty much a literary trope at this point. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CatsAreMean
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    The simplest answer would be Kawamori not wanting to have a design that looks just like the previous one (YF-30 Chronos), which still having as the production variant of it (which is why the A model has delta wings).
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    Am I the only one who thinks that Querule (or whatever the striped mercat's name is) looks like something out of Katamari Damacy?
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    Basara is pro-"listening to my song" and anti-"not listening to my song".
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    Mikumo is...
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    Ask, and ye shall recieve.
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    I wonder how turning off the AI limited on the VF-1EX (or any other variable fighter) works. I assume it's just analogous to cutting off the alpha limiter on a real fighter jet, except it doesn't just cover angle of attack. I mean, there's no way he can continue to ply if the fly by wire was actually turned off.
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    What is this? A Marvel movie?!?
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    Those scars are probably from some pineapple related allergy.
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    Aerodynamics is aerodynamics in planes or cars. Vortex generators in race cars basically do the same thing to a their wings by guiding the air to and away from certain places to increase downforce. Now back to the planes, I'm pretty sure Kawamori's main reason is simply because they looked cool (I mean, he's not an aerodynamicist as far as we know), thought the ones on the YF/VF-19 always looked somewhat stubby to me. The ones on the VF-31 look much more practical, at least at a glance.
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    My knowledge of Porsche's is probably about the same as yours, where we're all just using common car guy knowledge about the 911. Anyway, back to the FSW Valks, I always found it interesting how most of them have canards that are angled. The VF-31 is probably the one with the most conventional looking canards, and even they are still at a small angle.
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    Yeah, but what I mean is that 911's are known for good handling, however since the rear engine acts like a pendulum, controlling one that goes into oversteer isn't for the faint of heart (and potentially fatal), especially with some of the lighter specialist models like the old 2.7 RS and the original "widowmaker", the 930 Turbo. As for Skylines and GT-R's they're too controlled to be considered widowmakers. But isn't that what modern 911's do with all the computerized driving aids and what not?
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    So the VF-19 is basically the Porsche 911 of Valkyries/variable fighters, where the unusual configuration (forward swept wing vs the Porsche's rear engine) leads to it having tricky handling and a reputation as something of a widowmaker? Does that then make the FSW variants of the VF-31 the equivalent of later 911s (996, 997, 991) that have largely overcome the tricky handling factor?
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    Going through my HGUC kits, that green backing sheet seems to be the same one used for decal sheets. Sticker sheets usually have reflective chrome on the sheet (and yellow backing). EDIT: Phone cam shot of the decal sheet from my ver. GFT RX-78-2.
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    It probably goes beyond people and simply recognizes when its holding something that isn't a standard gunpod. There's probably some mil-spec standard for weapons and what have you to identify themselves so that the system can check if what it's holding is a mountable pod, or if it's even compatible with the plane. That said, there's one advantage that the VF-31 has by not carrying a gun pod in Delta Squardon's line of work - less chances of dropping one and crushing civilians. EDIT: Watching that scene from episode 1 again, it seems that there's actually some inconsistency in the shot. Hayate transforms into GERWALK mode after he jumps into the air, and even when he flies off, he's still in that mode. It's only after the camera cuts away to Freyja (and back to Hayate) that he's now in Fighter mode. Makes me wonder if this is a mistake, or if it's just hand waved that the transformation happened off camera.
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