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Leslie_R (trojan@atoka.net)
Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:08:09 -0500
this didn't bounce the first time
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"Now we are so happy, we do the Dance of Joy!"
-Balki Bartokamouse
attached mail follows:
considering that Gundam came out on the cups of the 80s i would submit
that it and the GM line it spawned would have more in common iwht
another earlier weapons system.. the F-15 and F-16
when first introduced the F-15 was the badest boy on the lbock (still is
depending on what block you mean) it was one of if not the first fighter
to have a opower to weight ratoi capable of allowing it to accelerate in
the vertical plane.. it was only .5 Mach slower than the fastest jet
aircraft ever to fly (the SR-71) and it's weapons systems are stil quite
lethal, not only that it was nimble enough to dog-fight effectivly wiht
fighters half it's size.. it was indeed a superb air superiority fighter
and still serves proudly to this day, thouhg being suplanted by the
F-22.. it's only eaknesses, cost and specializatoin.. thus began the
search for a multi-roel fighter that would be more cost-effective..
The result was of course the highly succesfull and veraetile, yet
smaller and less powerfull, F-16..
we can see a comparable design history in the Gundam and GM.. the Gundam
is the best of the best federation close-combat space-fighter MSs (which
was later re-designed into the gournd-pounding (G) varient.. not unlike
the E modle tactical bomber varient F-15) and later since the first is
way way too exspensive we get the lighter multi-purpose GM series.. I'd
say a fairer comparison between contemporary fighter-craft development
and UC MS development for the F-22 would be the Zeta Gundam and not the
original RX-78-2
-Les
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"Now we are so happy, we do the Dance of Joy!"
-Balki Bartokamouse
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