FF-X7 Core Fighter

FF-X7 Core Fighter
FF-X7 Core Fighter
Unit Type
Limited Production Transformable Core Block System Support Craft
Profile
Developed from	FF-X5 Prototype Core Fighter
Developed Into	Dendrobium Prototype "Night Fighter" FF-S5 Raven Sword FF-X7BstPLAN004 Core Booster Plan004 Flydart Jet Core Booster
Combines Into	G-Bull G-Sky
First Seen	0079 U.C.
Last Seen	0153 U.C.
Manufacturer	Hervic
Operator	Earth Federation Forces
Known Pilots	Amuro Ray Ryu Jose Sleggar Law Hayato Kobayashi Max Blower Will Jimmy Sayla Mass Kai Shiden
General Characteristics
Overall Height	3.39 meters11.122 ft <br />133.465 in <br />
Overall Length	8.60 meters
Wingspan	6.8 meters22.31 ft <br />
Max Weight	8.9 metric tons
Power-plant	NC-3 Type Nuclear Fusion Generator
Pilot Accommodations	Pilot only (in standard canopy-style cockpit)
Armor	Luna Titanium
Movement
Max Speed	The input "Mach 3.6-4.8" does not meet the Regular expression condition: ((\d+)|(\d*\.\d+)).Property "Has improper value for" has a restricted application area and cannot be used as annotation property by a user. (Theoretically)
Rocket Thrusters	6 x ? kg
Real World
Appearances*
Television	MSG
OVA	MSG ORIGIN
Manga	MSG: MSGen Side Story of Gundam Zeta MSCG: SH
Novel	Mobile Suit Gundam
Game	Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam

The FF-X7 Core Fighter is a space fighter developed as part of the Core Block System from Mobile Suit Gundam, design by Kunio Okawara.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

The Core Fighter was developed by the Hervic Company for the Earth Federation's Project V. It can be considered as the successor of the old FF-6 TIN Cod fighter jet. Since the data of Project V is essential to the Earth Federation's mobile suit development program, FF-X7 Core Fighters were designed to serve as cockpits for RX-75-4 Guntank, RX-77-2 Guncannon, and RX-78-2 Gundam (as well as RX-78-3 "G-3" Gundam) that are capable of being ejected and escape under their own power. Mobile suits with the Core Block System were composed of three modules: the upper torso and head, the Core Fighter which doubled as the cockpit and torso, and the hips and legs. The concept of the Core Block System was that if the mobile suits were damaged the pilots could escape by disconnecting the three main parts of the mobile suit and unfold the cockpit into its fighter form and then fly away to safety along with data collected in the Core Fighter's computer.

The Core Fighter uses a hybrid propulsion system of rocket thrusters and jets, it can operate effectively in atmosphere as well as in space. While it wasn't designed for combat the Core Fighter is armed with 25mm Vulcan guns and missile launchers which allow it to fight against enemy fighter craft.

The Hervic Company eventually developed upgraded modules for the Core Fighter to increase its performance as support fighter (the G-Fighter in TV series and FF-X7-Bst Core Booster in movie edition). After the One Year War, the concepts of the Core Block System and the Core Fighter are continued to be used in various mobile suits.

The cockpit of the Core Fighter sports a drum design, which lowers the hit rate of the pilot and ups survivability. The cockpit also mounts a MFD (Multi-Functional Display).

Armaments

• 25mm machinegun
• AIM-79 Air-to-Air Missile
• AIM-77D Air-to-Air Missile

System Features

• Core Block System

History

The FF-X7 Core Fighter was developed as part of the Earth Federation's Project V as mobile suit cockpits andemergency escape craft to increase pilot survivability and to safeguard data acquired the Earth Federation's original nine combat ready mobile suit, of which only three participated in the war. Aside from their original purpose the Core Fighter could be used as a support craft to aid mobile suit in battle either in space or in the Earth's atmoshpere. Though effective fighters against the Principality of Zeon's Dopp Fighters and Magella Attack Tanks they would have limited effectiveness during the war.

The Earth Federation ship White Base would field a number of these Core Fighters during the One Year War, however because the Core Block System proves to be too complicated and costly, thus not incorporated in mass production mobile suits, the production of the FF-X7 Core Fighter would be limited to a handful of units. Despite not being mass produced itself the design would inspire new fighter craft such as the Jet Core Booster II. Still, with the advancement of mobile suit technology even these craft would be quickly phased out in favor of more powerful mobile suits.

After the war the FF-X7 Core Fighter would serve as the basis for future Core Fighters of more advanced Gundams.

Variants

• FF-X7-Bst Core Booster

Picture Gallery

FF-X7 Core Fighter - 1/35 U.C.Hard Graph illustration

FF-X7 Core Fighter - 1/35 U.C.Hard Graph line drawing

FF-X7 Core Fighter - 1/35 U.C.Hard Graph line drawing

SD FF-X7 Core Fighter as it appear in SD Gundam G Generation Wars

in The Origin

Block mode

References

Gundam Historica - FF-X7 Core Fighter

Gundam Historica - FF-X7 Core Fighter

External Links

• FF-X7 Core Fighter on MAHQ.net
• FF-X7 Core Fighter on Gundam.de

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