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The Si-Fighter is the Cadillac of designer Starfighters. From the Si-Industries it is the height of opulence. It is not particularly fast, nor armoured or even armed, this starfighter is nothing more than an extravagantly expensive Starfighter shaped after the Si-Industries' distinctive and obnoxious S. In fact this fighter's really only function is being a status symbol. A gaudy display of hubris that screams to the world that "you made to the finals."
And Zoid has one XD
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In case people were wondering, yes before I left on vacation I had a S fighter ready to go for the FBTB alphabet fighter finals - in fact the final 5 fighters were built in about two weeks before I left. Definitely a fun contest, but I think I'm done with starfighters for awhile haha
3 years later, the evolution of the Nemesis concept.
Some improvements still need to be done.
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Einon
A Star Wars TIE Fighter landed at last weekend’s ESA Open Days at ESTEC in the Netherlands, taking up residence in our Hertz radio-frequency test chamber, where it was seen by more than 8 000 visitors over Saturday and Sunday.
The theme of the Open Days was ‘Science Fiction Gets Real’. As all Imperial recruits would know, the TIE in TIE Fighter stands for Twin Ion Engine, and in real life ESA makes regular use of ion engine technology: the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission is currently cruising to Mercury thanks to its onboard ion thrusters.
The full-sized TIE Fighter appeared courtesy of German fan group Project X-1. To see how it got into the Hertz chamber, check out this time-lapse video.
Hertz is usually used to test the radio performance of satellites, including radar instruments’ ability to survey Earth or other planets, or the efficiency of onboard radio systems linking back to Earth.
Part of ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands, the metal-walled ‘Hybrid European Radio Frequency and Antenna Test Zone’ chamber is shut off from all external influences. Its internal walls are studded with radio-absorbing ‘anechoic’ foam pyramids, allowing radio-frequency testing without any distorting reflections.
Its name starts with ‘Hybrid’ because the chamber can assess radio signals from antennas both in localised ‘near-field’ terms or else on a ‘far-field’ basis, as if the signal has crossed thousands of kilometres of space. A new, larger, Hertz 2.0 is currently under construction.
Credits: ESA-P. de Maagt
During the USMF's return to power as a major faction in the galactic stage, the need for newer and better ships became more and more apparent. The fallout of the Dimension Wars left numerous unexplored pockets of space in its wake and the need to quickly scout these area was of keen importance to the USMF.
Hyperius Industries, a company who had never partnered with the USMF before, found itself in need of clients after their previous big buyers, (the mysterious "Continuum"), were eradicated in the Dimension Wars. The AV-002 was the first of two major contributions to the USMF's evolving fleet.
The "Aquila" is a a long range scout/fighter craft. Though it has very little in the way of shielding, it makes up for it in raw speed. It's light frame only adds to its agility. This is the most heavily armed you'll see an "Aquila" class ship; four light laser cannons. Though options for additional armaments exist, the USMF prefers to leave the role of interceptors, attack ships, and heavy fighters to other crafts in the fleet. The Av-002 is also sold in the civilian market as well, where it enjoys a high degree of notoriety in professional space racing venues.
The Vila-Desparador VL-1000 Thanatos (in Greek – “Death”) is a single-seat, carrier-capable twin-engine 5th-generation hipermaneuverable strike-fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology.
The fighter's primary missions are fighter escort, fleet air defense, suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), anti-shipping, air interdiction and close air support.
The Thanatos has four separate internal weapons bays, two on the bottom and sides of the fuselage. It can carry twelve compressed carriage medium range missile in the center bay and one short range missile in each of the two side bays.
While in its air-superiority configuration the VL-1000 carries its weapons internally, it is not limited to this option. The wings include at least ten hardpoints, four of them rated to handle 5,000 kg anti-ship missiles. However, use of external stores compromises the Thanatos stealth, and has a detrimental effect on maneuverability, speed, and range (unless external fuel is carried).
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Looking around through the archives again, this photo reminded me a small TTV set I've started but never kept up with.
Acting more like a fighter than a twin-prop 'airliner', Royal Netherlands Air Force 'KLu' Fokker F-27M Troopship' smoke trails around the sky during her 'aerobatic' display at the Soesterberg Air Base 'Open Dag' - 1st September 1984.
Scanned print
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See how Flickr auto-tags have spotted that this was indeed taken 'outdoors' and have added 'Insect' & 'Animal' ...priceless!!
The Kiven is renowned for its maneuverability in space but unlike most space fighters this ship also handles incredibly well in atmosphere. Unfortunately this has led to a very steep learning curve for the craft and many inexperienced pilots have been known to exceed 5Gs while banking and pass out. In training this is not an issue as the auto-pilot is able to take over until the pilot recovers, however in combat auto-pilots are too predictable and easy to shoot down.
The USMF's elite pilots (those given the rank of Paladin) are a tough breed whose exploits are well known across the galaxy. Though qualified on a wide array of different craft (including ones not used by the USMF) most Paladins operate solo or in small groups; often great distances from allied bases or capital ships and thus have found great use in one-man fighter craft with FTL capability.
Miniaturizing FTL jump drives is a complex and costly process, but the benefits of a faster-than-light starfighter are numerous. For years, the USMF Paladins utilized the AX-20 "Katana" in this role. While a sturdy and fast ship, the Katana's production foundry was completely destroyed in the beginning stages of the Dimension Wars, and as such, it's service numbers dwindled further from the already small amount (in comparison to non-FTL fighters in the fleet).
Starcom Solution's answered the call for a "faster-than-light jack of all trades" by introducing the "Tekkan" (a name of Japanese origin inspired by its spiritual predecessor "Katana"). Starcom Solutions, living up to it's name, conquered the complex issue of small FTL jump drives with a unique solution; the drive systems were built at the capital ship shipyards on Saturn and then shipped to Neptune where quantum technology was used to shrink the units down to a smaller size.
Impressed by the originality of Starcom Solutions' engineering prowess, the USMF quickly requested a Tekkan for immediate trial runs. The first Tekkan produced (which was painted red with white markings as tribute to the Katana) passed its tests with flying colors (no pun intended) and was assigned to Paladin Kira Janus.
The Tekkan features twin heavy repeating lasers (much like those found on Hyperius Industries' "Scorpion"-class heavy fighter) and twin "Mjölnir"-type lightning cannons, which fire thunderous bolts of energy across great distances. These weapons pack quite the punch and require no ammunition, but require a great amount of charge time. If safety protocols are bypassed, the capacitor banks can overcharge and result in a devastating chain reaction.
For the Contest AssembleTheFleet2020
Simon Liu somehow you caught me.
Star wars is not a topic that I have a lot of knowledge about.
But who cares, they're spaceships.
I chose the good old republic with the classic Venator, and a few Jedi fighters with V-Wing fighter support.
The Venator is 30.5 studs long, the fighter ... well as small as it was possible for me.
I hope you all like my contribution.
This is my entry into the Starfighter Telephone Game. I took Mark Stafford's design, expanded the tail wings, split the engine, softened the overall orangeness, and, oh yeah made it a Transformer.
An old Canberra aircraft at the side of the road at Willowbank, near RAAF base Amberley, Queensland, Australia. I know it's not a fighter jet, but I liked the title! The Canberra saw service with the RAAF from 1953 to 1982. My old neighbour was a RAAF pilot & flew these out of Amberley, crashing twice in his career, he will no doubt have flown this aircraft during his service. I'm guessing that it has a private owner now as it's not in great condition & serves more as a place for pigeons to roost!
The LB7 Talon is a light bomber piloted by two. It is equipped with a large anti cruiser cannon, two small missile pods, a shield generator, and countermeasures. This was incredibly difficult to photograph.
Después de todo el robo y el engaño
Probablemente piensas que tengo resentimiento hacia ti
Pero, oh no, estás equivocado
Porque si no fuera por todo lo que intentaste hacer
Yo no sabría todo lo capaz que soy de reponerme
Así que quiero decir gracias
Porque me hace mucho más fuerte
Me hace trabajar un poco más duro
Me hizo mucho más sabia
Así que gracias por hacerme una combatiente
photoshoot with gboy an mma fighter
strobist info: shoot-thru umbrella on left and front of subject using vivitar 285. vivitar 283 on subject right.
Two Hurricanes (one in night fighter black) flank the Lancaster Bomber and a Spitfire in D-Day stripes heading towards the Mall and Buckingham Palace.
The MeMe-25R is the reconnaissance version of the MeMe-25. The Soviets dressed theirs up to look like an interceptor, I dressed mine up because I wanted an alternate color scheme to the other one.
Fluff:
With the development of high-speed, high altitude bombers in such countries as the Nordansk Federation, Agrum Empire, and Central Efrikan Republic, the People's Republic of Kimmeria decided to build a fighter to deal with such bombers. They definitely got what they asked for, there's no doubt about it. But it came with a number of problems that have yet to be sorted out...
This is not a new MOC sadly just a quick updated and revisit my old Fighter plane the FB12 FOXBAT FIGHTER Mark II. Found some old pictures and yet unpublished here.
Build way back in the late 2013 after I decided to upgraded the Foxbat Mark I which i thought could do better in term of design. Fold out gun cannon, landing gear, flap wing, hidden missiles below bay and LED light on the cockpit. One of the first MOC plane i did attempt to make with LED light!
This Foxbat was finally upgraded in2014. Another MOC version of it? Mark III? Maybe ;) Let me know what do you think?
FUN FACTS: Oh I did uploaded this Foxbat MOC in LEGOIdeas but couldn’t even make it to a thousand but i got a lot of good feedbacks and i do appreciated it. My MOC is one of kind.
Billed as “The Ultimate Fighters", this four-ship formation of classic WWII warbirds made a memorable entrance at Airbourne 2019. The team kept an impressively tight formation while flying as a four-ship, splitting into pairs midway through the display with the Spitfire and Buchon (in the guise of a Messerschmitt BF109) performing a tail chase and mock dogfight and the P-47 and P-51 flying more loops and rolls as a pair. Display aircraft are P-47D Thunderbolt 45-49192 'Nellie B' (G-THUN), Spitfire TR.IX ML407 (G-LFIX), TF-51D Mustang 44-14251 ‘Contrary Mary’ (G-TFSI), HA-1112-M1L Buchon (G-AWHH).
The USMF's elite pilots (those given the rank of Paladin) are a tough breed whose exploits are well known across the galaxy. Though qualified on a wide array of different craft (including ones not used by the USMF) most Paladins operate solo or in small groups; often great distances from allied bases or capital ships and thus have found great use in one-man fighter craft with FTL capability.
Miniaturizing FTL jump drives is a complex and costly process, but the benefits of a faster-than-light starfighter are numerous. For years, the USMF Paladins utilized the AX-20 "Katana" in this role. While a sturdy and fast ship, the Katana's production foundry was completely destroyed in the beginning stages of the Dimension Wars, and as such, it's service numbers dwindled further from the already small amount (in comparison to non-FTL fighters in the fleet).
Starcom Solution's answered the call for a "faster-than-light jack of all trades" by introducing the "Tekkan" (a name of Japanese origin inspired by its spiritual predecessor "Katana"). Starcom Solutions, living up to it's name, conquered the complex issue of small FTL jump drives with a unique solution; the drive systems were built at the capital ship shipyards on Saturn and then shipped to Neptune where quantum technology was used to shrink the units down to a smaller size.
Impressed by the originality of Starcom Solutions' engineering prowess, the USMF quickly requested a Tekkan for immediate trial runs. The first Tekkan produced (which was painted red with white markings as tribute to the Katana) passed its tests with flying colors (no pun intended) and was assigned to Paladin Kira Janus.
The Tekkan features twin heavy repeating lasers (much like those found on Hyperius Industries' "Scorpion"-class heavy fighter) and twin "Mjölnir"-type lightning cannons, which fire thunderous bolts of energy across great distances. These weapons pack quite the punch and require no ammunition, but require a great amount of charge time. If safety protocols are bypassed, the capacitor banks can overcharge and result in a devastating chain reaction.
(Pictured above is the AX-20 "Katana" which the "Tekkan" replaces. I paid tribute to the original craft by using a similar layout to it's wings and main thrusters, as a sort of easter egg.)
I built these models last year for an article in Brickjournal and have previously posted photographs of them separately. Both were single-engined and seriously big. Both also show some of the advances that were necessary for high-speed flight. The leading edges of the wings are swept back on both, they both have sharply pointed noses and have a fuselage that is slightly narrower over the wing than forward and aft of the wing. All of this was done to reduce supersonic drag.
Finally I built a Blacktron ship as well based on the spaceship of Carter Baldwin.
It features a single minifig cockpit, small cargo space and a verical engine
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Star Wars - The Force Awakens exhibit at Singapore Changi International Airport. The displays consist of a life-size replica of the X-Wing, a TIE Fighter & some StormTroopers. The X-Wing was at Terminal 3, departure hall & the TIE Fighter with StormTroopers was at Terminal 2 departure level.
Video of our visit: youtu.be/XKGA9Rab_lo