MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type

MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type
MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type
Unit Type
Prototype Mobile Suit
Profile
Developed from	MS-07B Gouf
Developed Into	YMS-09J Dom High Speed Experimental Type
Variants	MS-07H-4 Gouf Flight Test Type
Manufacturer	Zeonic Company
Operator	Earth Federation Forces Principality of Zeon
Known Pilots	Billy Won Dike
General Characteristics
Overall Height	19.3 meters63.32 ft <br />759.843 in <br />
Head Height	18.8 meters61.68 ft <br />740.157 in <br />
Max Weight	76.6 metric tons
Empty Weight	63.9 metric tons
Power-plant	Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor
Power Output	1034 kW1,386.617 hp <br />
Sensor Range	3600 meters11,811.024 ft <br />
Pilot Accommodations	Pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Movement
Max Acceleration	0.66 G
Propulsion	Rocket thrusters/thermonuclear jet engines: 50875 kg total
Real World
Appearances*
Television	MSG MSZG

The Gouf Flight Test Type mobile suits from the series Mobile Suit Gundam and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.

Combat Characteristics

With the serious problems encountered in the attempt to develop an atmospheric flight-capable mobile suit during the One Year War, the Zeon military halted its program to actively develop a flying mobile suit. However, the idea continued to linger, and experimental units still occasionally found their way into the field for testing. The eighth incarnation of the Gouf Flight Type was the MS-07H8, a version of the MS-07B3 geared towards experimental applications, which was equipped with an improved backpack and more powerful thrusters and thermonuclear jet engines. Aerodynamic control surface wings were added to the backpack and waist armor, giving the Gouf Flight Type more stability in flight. Unfortunately, the H8 still suffered some of the same problems encountered by previous versions: engine overheating and rapid fuel consumption at high altitudes and high speeds, limiting its range and flight time. Despite these setbacks at least two units were fielded in defence of the Zeon mountain research facility.

History

Following the Principality of Zeon's invasion and subsequent occupation of much of Earth during the One Year War, the Zeon military found that their revolutionary mobile suits that proved so effective in space combat were essentially slow-moving targets on Earth, which made fighters made for atmospheric combat surprisingly effective against them (Federal pilot Reed Wolf, for example, was a fighter ace before becoming a Mobile Suit pilot). This encouraged Zeon engineers to think of ways to create a mobile suit design that was capable of sustained atmospheric flight. A program was initiated to develop an atmospheric flight-capable mobile suit, and four MS-07 Goufs were modified into the experimental MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type. Mounting aerodynamic control surfaces on its backpack and a pair of powerful thermonuclear jet engines on each leg, the Gouf Flight Test Types were assigned to Zeon's captured California Base and later transferred to an air force base in Arizona for extensive test flights. This initial design would prove flawed, however, and over the course of its test flight schedule, the Gouf Flight Test Types were refurbished and redesigned along the way, the last incarnation being the MS-07H-4 model before the program was finally scrapped.

Variants

• MS-07H-2 (Gouf Flight Test Type Kai)
• MS-07H-4 Gouf Flight Test Type

Picture Gallery

External Links

Gouf Flight Test Type on MAHQ

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