Shinsei Industry VF-19 Excalibur

GOVERNMENT: UNITED NATIONS GOVERNMENT

MANUFACTURER: SHINSEI INDUSTRY

SHINSEI INDUSTRY VF-19 EXCALIBUR

COMMENT:
TYPE: UNAF/UNS main advanced variable fighter.

PROGRAMME: Deployed in newly-established Emerald Force onboard the flagship of the Macross 7 fleet 2046.

CUSTOMER: UNAF (primary) and UNS

VARIANTS: VF-19A: First regular production version with canard forward wing.
VF-19F: Version assigned to team members with redesigned main wing, and high-manouevrability verniers (which replaces the canard forward wing).
VF-19P: Version based on VF-19 Custom. Assigned to planet Zola's patrol force
VF-19S: Version assigned to team leaders with redesigned main wing, high-manouevrability verniers (which replaces the canard forward wing), and four head-turret-mounted laser guns.
VF-19 Custom: Customized version equipped with canard forward wing, internal speaker system, speaker and launcher pod.

DESIGN FEATURES: VG wing with forward-swept standard cruising configuration; canard forward wing (replaced by high-maneuverability verniers in VF-19F and VF-19S; vertical T-O and landing (VTOL); supersonic cruise and maneuvering in region of Mach 5+ below the stratosphere; sufficient thrust for attaining orbital velocity over a Earth-class planet; wrap-around imaging monitor screens in all variable modes; two-dimensional thrust vectoring with two independently pivoting exhaust nozzles; vernier slit; anti-projectile (bulletproof) shield for Battroid mode use; active stealth system; fighter-carried pin-point barrier system; medium-range high maneuverability missiles stored in internal weapons bays on the side of leg/engine nacelles; option of external fold booster and conformal propellant tanks.

FLYING CONTROLS: Conventional digital flight control system. Seamless ailerons and flaps occupy almost entire wing trailing-edge; conventional rudders in vertical outward-canted tail surfaces (merged with the wing's trailing root and placed more outward than on the YF-19 prototype); canard upward-canted forward wing to the aft of the cockpit (replaced by high maneuverability verniers on VF-19F and VF-19S). High-maneuverability vernier thrusters with clusters in shoulders, back, two vernier slits encircling lower leg/engine-pod section's nozzles.

LANDING GEAR: Retractable tricycle undercarriage with catapult hook. Two steerable nosewheels retract rearward into nose and twin coupled mainwheels forward into fuselage.

POWER PLANT: Two 56500 kg [x g] class Shinsei Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2200 thermonuclear turbine engines in VF-19A. Two 72500 kg [x g] class (maximum output in outer space) Shinnakasu Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2500F thermonuclear turbine engines in VF-19F. Two 78950 [68500] kg [x g] class (maximum output in outer space) Shinsei Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2550J in VF-19S. Two pentagonal underfuselage air intakes with retractable covers for Battroid mode or space use. Two rear afterburner intakes encircling lower leg/engine-pod sections' nozzles. Two two-dimensional independent vectored exhaust nozzles, for enhanced V/STOL performance and maneuverability. P&W HMM-6R high-maneuverability vernier thrusters with two vernier slits encircling lower leg/engine-pod sections' nozzles (VF-19 Custom). P&W HMM-7 high-maneuverability vernier thrusters with two vernier slits encircling lower leg/engine-pod sections' nozzles (VF-19F, VF-19S). High maneuverability verniers in lieu of canard wing on VF-19F, VF-19S. Three special equipment hard point stations for space/atmoshperic fighter fold booster mounted above fuselage and two space/atmoshperic conformal propellant tanks mounted on either side of the fuselage in Fighter mode or on lower leg in GERWALK and Battroid modes. Option of two space/atmoshperic FAST Pack propellant tank/booster units mounted on rear dorsal section in Fighter mode or on the sides of shoulders in GERWALK and Battroid modes (VF-19F, VF-19S). Optional sound booster unit (VF-19 Custom).

ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only; pressurized canopy; standard side-stick controller (removed and customized with functioning guitar sound sitck control mounted on gimbal-and-joint system and throttle and options control on slider for HOTAS use in VF-19Custom). Wrap-around imaging monitor screens in all variable modes.

AVIONICS: Super AI control avionics. Active stealth system precludes the need for passively stealth silhouette. Four conformal hybrid sensor units directly below and to the the fore of the canopy. HUD (projected onto canopy), side-stick controller, radar, two hybrid sensors and panel sensor mounted on head turret. Standard Sound Energy Conversion seat installed in VF-19 Custom. High performance audio system and speaker system with speaker units in shoulder/dorsal nacelles (VF-19 Custom). Lightup projector system in shoulder/dorsal nacelles (VF-19 Custom). Sensors embedded in conformal soft pads lining manipulator. Optional sound booster unit with hybrid sensors, two sound energy converters and two sound aura amplification systems (VF-19 Custom).

ARMAMENT: Two internal fixed laser cannons mounted in the wing with exit ports in leading wing root (in VF-19F, VF-19S; for emergency use in VF-19 Custom). Fixed small-bore rear anti-aircraft beam gun mounted on top of head turret (VF-19F, VF-19S). Four fixed rear anti-aircraft laser cannons mounted on the sides of head turret (VF-19S). Standard anti-projectile (bulletproof) shield stored on center rear dorsal section in Fighter mode or on lower arm section in GERWALK and Battroid modes. Fixed pin-point barrier (PPV) system. External speaker-pod-shooting launcher pod with sensor, foregrip, and stock magazine mounted under center dorsal section in Fighter mode or in manipulator in GERWALK and Battroid mode (VF-19 Custom). Howard GU-15 new standard external gatling gun pod mounted under center dorsal section in Fighter mode or in manipulator in GERWALK and Battroid modes (VF-19F, VF-19S). Two internal Little Rock launch systems in lower leg/engine-pod bays for 24 high maneuverability micro missiles (VF-19F, VF-19S only) or six medium-range high maneuverability missiles each (Pallet can be alternately equipped with other weapon packs). Option of two space/atmoshperic missile FAST Pack weapon units mounted on rear dorsal section in Fighter mode or on the sides of shoulders in GERWALK and Battroid modes (VF-19F, VF-19S). Numerous manipulator-held options including gunpod Gamma (called Sigma during development) with pin-point-barrier-penetrator-equipped speaker pod Gamma developed by Dr. Gadget M. Chiba for VF-19 Custom (stowed underwing on VF-17 Nightmare Custom) and Spiritia absorption pod developed on Macross 7 fleet after Operation Stargazer 2046 Feburary for VF-19F and VF-19S.

DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:
Fighter mode:

Wing span: VF-19A, fully swept forward	14.87 m
VF-19 Custom, fully swept forward	14.92 m
VF-19F, VF-19S	13.52 m
VF-19 Custom sound booster, fully swept forward	15.41 m
Length overall: VF-19A	18.62 m
VF-19 Custom, F, S	18.47 m
VF-19 Custom sound booster	11.83m
Height overall: VF-19A	3.94 m

Battroid mode:

Height overall: VF-19 Custom, without sensor fin	15.48 m
VF-19S, without beam gun	15.48 m

MASSES AND LOADINGS:

Mass empty: VF-19A	8750 kg
VF-19 Custom	8400 kg
VF-19 Custom sound booster	7800 kg
VF-19F	8550 kg
VF-19S	8620 kg

PERFORMANCE:
Fighter mode:

Cruising speed: VF-19 Custom, standard in atmosphere at 10000 m	Mach 5.5+
VF-19A, standard in atmosphere at 10000 m	Mach 5.1+
VF-19F, standard in atmosphere at 10000 m	Mach 5+
VF-19S, standard in atmosphere at 10000 m	Mach 5.1+
Max cruising speed: at 30,000+ m	Mach 25+ [(8.5+ km/sec)]
VF-19A, at 30,000+ m	Mach 21+

Combat ceiling:

Unlimited (Capable of attaining satellite orbit over an Earth-class planet)

Max rate of climb at S/L:	68000 m/min
Combat action radius: in atmosphere	Nearly unlimited
g limits: VF-19 Custom	+39.5/-20.0
VF-19F	+35.5, -19.5

GERWALK mode:

Min T-O/landing run:

0 m (VTOL capable)