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moon-child-reo — Vic Viper RX-35B MELFINA
Published: 2013-04-15 09:53:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 750; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 4
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It has been a long time coming, but I got around to making my original model Vic Viper in 3DCG. I originally made it for a design contest that Sony held many years ago for creating a new character and I happen to choose Vic Viper as a base to make a new generation model type. It was originally inspired by Gradius 4, Anubis ZOE 2, and my own design that I had doodled. I submitted the drawing on a official form so unfortunately I could not scan and upload the original, but this is a close as what I had originally intended to be made. Although KONAMI didn't choose my design, but some of the models they have made remind me of the model that I created. So it wouldn't surprise me if they were based on it. Wishful thinking I know, but still am happy with the outcome with this one. As usual, it still needs landing gear, weapons, cockpit and whatever else small details that it needs.Related content
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That is a nice looking Vic Viper. And an interesting story for how it came about. The front nacelles or whatever you'd call the traditional split fuselage being mostly-independent of the rest of the aircraft's body is a bit different from the usual designs. I wonder if it'd mean trouble for the intakes, though.
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It's suppose to force induct more air into the intakes when it travels through atmospheric worlds. The detached forward fuselage section is based on the LEV Vic Viper design. The nacelles themselves are have a split intake type to further force more pressurized air into the engines, which are enabled for both terrestrial and space faring.
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Ah. That makes sense. I wouldn't know the specifics of directing airflow, but forcing air into the intakes instead of away from them would work perfectly. I do know some aircraft do tend to have some funny designs for such things (and some fictional ones forget to take some of them into account).
I really do wonder just what sort of engines fancy air/space fighter jets must use, but I'd imagine it's probably some riff on a fusion torch or the like. And probably more fuel-efficient in an atmosphere as all it would be easy to just run the reactors as air-cooled systems. Suck air in, superheat it by running it past your plasma or what have you, and send it out the back end. Inspiration from Project Pluto, in other words.
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