Macross Zero - Danger Zone

What can I say, I saw Top Gun, then watched Macross. It was inevitable.

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[cvire1971]

Umm no. The f-14 was aknowleged as a weak dog fighter. It was built purely for its speed over distance to carry the Phoenix missile. It was routinley ownwed bl those little a-4's. It was more of a Sniper than a gun fighter.

[DanTheManCalter]

@cvire1971 *sigh* How do I keep getting roped into discussions of fighter jet capabilities for an anime music video. The absurdity of it all astounds me!

I concede. I don't know the first damn thing about fighter jets. All I know if that when you have fighters getting shot down by transforming mecha, realism kinda goes out the window...

[cvire1971]

@DanTheManCalter LOL! I know right?

[DanTheManCalter]

@cvire1971

I should've just snipped the argument right in the bud with "I HAVE MECHS, YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID". Oh well, at least I learned some things along the way.

[DanTheManCalter]

@AG658

... This is a cartoon. This is a cartoon where a dogfight was ended with one of the jets turning into a humanoid robot. Another similar aircraft employed not only the transformation technology, but missile-intercepting head lasers.

These fighters (VF-1's) would later go up against bipedal robot pods piloted by 50 foot tall human-like aliens while in outer space.

I honestly couldn't care less about what the F-14 can do. The scene was entertaining, regardless of realism.

[Burkutace27]

To interject on the argument in the uploaded comments, pilot skill would also have huge impact on the out come of any dogfight.

A veteren pilot in an F-14 is always going to have the edge over a lesser skilled pilot in a MIG 29, even though the MIG is more maneuverable.

As I have said when ever the subject of what plane would be what has come up, the characteristics and the technology of the plane counts for only so much. The quality of the pilot decides everything.

[DanTheManCalter]

@em745aa

I'll respond to your points in the same way I've been responding for a while. GIANT ROBOTS. The video contains GIANT ROBOTS, that shoot down the fighting flying-doohickeys with little effort. Realism is the moot point here.

[em745aa]

-"not to mention the F14 can use the ridiculously long ranged Phoenix missile"

1. The Phoenix is a bomber intercept missile. It was never designed to intercept agile, high-speed targets.

2. The F-22's RCS being in the -40dB range, what would the Phoenix lock on to? ;)

-"But the odds of a rookie being in a F22 are slim at best."

That's pretty much a moot point.

[em745aa]

@Nitoku12 -"but I'd say Rookie in F22 VS Veteran in F14 the veteran would win"

EXTREEEEEEMELY unlikely.

Assuming for a moment the F-22 stays 100% EMCON and doesn't use its LPI AESA radar to locate the F-14 (which would be child's play, given the F-14's _HUGE_ RCS ), the moment the F-14 desperately tried to "ping" the skies with its radar to find the F-22, the F-22 would pick it up on its AN/ALR-94 and would cue an AMRAAM shot off the passive data alone. No radar required.

[cvire1971]

@DanTheManCalter its in my favorites

[cvire1971]

@DanTheManCalter Yeah I fell in to. Sometimes you cant' help yourself. Have you seen the Macross Zero with Metallica in the background. totally bad ass

[FroFingers]

perfect song and anime match up!