The Mark II Arwing... more or less.

This is a rough representation of the Mark II Arwing design which Lance pilots in the beginning of my Krystal Mercs series. It is larger and twice as powerful as the original Arwing design, with only minor design differences overall. Unlike the original design, the Mark II rests on wheel based landing gear, taking off and landing on runways, however it is capable of vertical take-off and landing when necessary via small thrusters on its hull.

The Mark II Arwing is seen here with its wings in the forward, or "All Range Mode" position, typically used during high maneuver/short range combat. Like its predecessor, its wings can shift backwards for increased maneuverability at accelerated speeds.

The G-Diffuser system in the Mark II Arwing has also been redesigned significantly and now not only provides a dampening affect upon interior G-forces, but also reduces the crafts overall mass, effectively negating the impact of gravitational force upon it, thus allowing the employment of maneuvers normally impossible within a planet's gravitational field.

The Arwing Mk II was designed with independence in mind. It is capable of both entering and exiting a planet's atmosphere/gravitational field without having to rely on the Great Fox for transport to locations where it is needed. Four engines (two thruster based designs on top and two turbine based designs on the sides) allow it to traverse considerable distances with exceptional speed, with a third thruster engine taking over for the two turbine based engines when in a zero atmosphere environment. This fifth engine also provides the added push required to escape a planet's gravitational pull.


:::DISCLAIMER:::

This image is an approximate representation of the Mk II Arwing. I'm far from skilled when it comes to using 3D programs and/or designing things with great detail. For example, I know for a fact that landing gear is a lot more detailed than that. But I didn't set out to make this a highly detailed representation; I intended simply to give an general idea of what the craft looks like for my readers because describing high details things like this with words... sucks balls.

I'm also far from knowledgeable about such things as advanced (or even basic) aeronautics and other such technical... stuff. Everything here is fictional, or based loosely on the very little I know about the actual stuff and may very well be quite wrong. If you have an issue with my accuracy... get over it, it's fiction. I have no objection to constructive criticism, but if you're just going to scream and shout "That's not realistically plausible blah blah blah" I just don't give a flying @#!$.


Soon to come (Once I've learned a little more about how the F to make Blender do what I want it to) the Mk III Arwing and cockpit interior. And maybe a prototype design.