Maillotia Fighter/Bomber

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Maillotia is a light fighter/bomber with VTOL capabilities and reconfigurable weaponry.

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Front angle Rear angle There are small rotating thruster units alongside the rear of the fuselage. This provides excellent maneuverability and VTOL capability.
The current mission configuration is two medium-yield tachzon bombs and two zlazer cannons. Here, the mission-specific weapons have been removed. When swapping in a SHIP-killer torpedo, a guidance system is typically added to the other wing.
With the SHIP-killer torpedo: Here are the weapons, laid out around the ship. Canopy opened and closed:
The chair folds forward to access the cargo area behind. Landing gear, folded and deployed: I used click-rotation hinges for the rotating thrusters.
The wings attach to the body using 1x4 bricks with side studs. This is more complicated than it's worth, but I wanted to have the small front lift thrusters to be locked at an angle pointing slightly rearward. Yes, that gun actually fits in the little cargo area behind the seat.

gallery added June 1, 2007

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