As an aircraft mechanic I hear, the A-wing spends as much time in the maintenance bay as the battlefield.. that's actually really damn good for a fight. So of the best modern fighters we have have a ratio of 15 maintenance hours to 1 hour of flying...
The A-Wing is the fastest fighter we have, capable of matching a TIE interceptor in speed. Twin J77 Event-Horrizon engines power the craft, and twin blaster canons provide offensive weaponry. However, what we gain in speed, we lose in defense. The deflector shield capability is significantly less than the X-Wing. So make sure you use your speed to dodge lasers, rather than relying on shields. The A-Wing also carries a limited number Missiles.
@@sithacolol5337 I don't think you got the reference. It's the start of the crafts description in Rogue Leader on the GCN when in the hangar area (pre-mission way of craft selection)
Generation Tech .....”do really want to end up a smuggler or live in a trash planet like Tattoine? Your cousins are all admirals or at least commanders.”
Generation Tech, Can you do an evolution series of the Star Destroyer? I’ve seen many different types of Star Destroyers throughout the Star Wars timeline, I believe it could be a good topic.
Technically X, Y and A all existed before B but at least in legends they went on to explore a vast majority of the alphabetized star-fighters nomenclature D, E, H, K, T, U, V, Z At lest, despite using a variety of manufacturers, the primary users (rebels/new republic) could stick to a common model naming scheme.
🤣🤣🤣 reminds me of ny mum trying to explain my asperger's to my aunt, who has downs syndrome. Btw there is a book called all cats have autism. Pretty accurate as an autistic who has read it
I forget the name of the game... it might have been x-wing vs tie fighter... i forget. But the last ship you could unlock was an A-wing ... and It was soo worth it... That ship made you feel invincible compared to the x-wing .... or any other ship available in that game :) .. Ya, basically the game required you ranked up to Major i believe ... before you could pilot it.. but it was by far the best fighter ship in the game ...
@@nbkw48 yeah, i think so too. I still have xwing vs tie fighter for windows 95. Battleof the force, i think its called is the last one which had the bwing. I got them on steam. And the newest 1 called squadrons. Havent played it yet. Been playing fallen order
The Delta 7 and Delta 7B were my favorite star fighters. I really thought that it was cool and sleek design Edit: I also really like the V-Wing just as much as the Delta 7/7B A-Wing
@@laynaTheLobster I would still say the a-wing was still more cost efficient, the Super Star Destroyer was completely destroyed when got rammed into the deathstar. While the first order fleet was badly damaged, they were probably able to salvage quite a bit and reduce the amount of loss.
It didn't until recently, this is new canon stuff to a large extent. In the old days, the backstory was that Rebel sympathizers who built racing craft put together the design and it quickly spread as a hotrod ship that could be built in such small shops around the galaxy. That was the story back in the eighties, maybe early nineties. By then I was too busy going to college and working three jobs.
Jeffrey Root That is incorrect. The Legends story was that after the Battle of Yavin Jan Dodonna wanted a faster fighter to out run any TIE. The design was derived from the R-22 Spearhead and built by various small shops around the galaxy. The Disney canon is somewhat different and makes the A-Wing much older and less deadly. Disney really suck for this.
B-Wing? Be sure to review Slayn & Korpil because there are certain elements that their craft seemed to share, just like the A-Wing shared certain design elements of Star Destroyers… And a visual review of Star Craft engines, weapons, & such in Star Wars: Galaxies.
May have? The spearhead was developed and ready when passed over for the cheaper ties. Throw in the incom project they vetoed and the empire screwed the pooch entirely when it comes to fighter craft choices.
How can you compare something that have been designed to be produced in millions of units, and another thing which only counted few hundred, maybe few thousands units in service?
@@sithacolol5337 Interceptor is a class of starfighter. The A-Wing is in that class. The X-Wing is a Space Superiority starfighter. Both fit the broader category of starfighter.
Great video. I had no idea that it was a Jedi starfighter frame. Wow. And explained the need for more advanced pilots.. and the legacy of the xwing... wow.
My favorite fighter of all time in ANY sci fi. Its like an X-3 Stiletto and a B-2 stealth bomber had a baby and put it into space with near light speed abilities.
The coolest thing about the a-wing and the Jedi star fighter is actually the fact that it’s completely possible to build an aircraft that looks EXACTLY like them, and they would fly perfectly fine.
As much as I love the A wing (especially in EAW mods) its beyond boring for them to still be used in the ST. there's no ship evolution in these films except MAYBE the Resurgence, and even that is just barely.
There isn't much in the way of development in st as the new republic pulled a russan and demilitarized the crap out of everything. That is why leia started the resistance. Because she knew that the threat wasn't over and that the new republic would need a militia one day
@@cassandrakarpinski9416 that's just lazy writing. even if the government demilitarized that would not prevent private companies from continuing to develop military hardware.
In twenty years, The Empire went from At-Te, V Wings, Arc 170s, and Laats to Tie and vast Walker variations. In 30 years, we have kinda better X, Y, and A wings?
@@tonyjackson4078 the difference is, the A, Y and X wings are rebel icons, they became feared for their efficiency in the hands of the rebels, killing these symbols right after the new republic started, in an universe where ships can still be relevant after 100 years depending on the design is stupid so upgrading them while keeping the same design philosophy has much better than just sending new models year after year in comparison, the Empire created and adopted the TIE in favour of others so they could create their own imperial icons alongside the Star Deatroyers and the Death Star, controlling the entire empire by the fear of these icons
@@KaoruSF Its just worth noting that in Jedi B and A Wings were brand new fighters. Yes it's in Legends now and was retconned that both fighters had been either created or in full service before Battle of Yavin because Rebels.
Could you make a video about the different Ewok and Porg dishes? Since it's close to Life Day it may be the perfect moment to get together with your family and enjoy eating a delicious Ewok
Thank you so much for saying the RZ-1 was 6.9 meters long not the official and very obviously incorrect 9.6 meters. I know it shouldn't bother me that much but it does. The A-wing is my favorite ship from Star Wars or any other science fiction franchise. Thanks for getting it right.
5:08 You sure about that? Anakin had R2D2 docked as a full droid in his jedi starfighter. It joined him in his rescue of chancellor Palpatine, and ejected from the ship once they landed in the hangar of General Grievous' ship. I did read however, that Obi Wan eventually had his R4 droid hardwired into his fighter as it had become so damaged over time, and all that was left was the functional sensor dome (which wasn't it's original as evidenced by the fact that it is a dome, not a cone) and the ability to plot coordinates for hyperdrive jumps and control ship sub systems.
He mentions in the video that the improved Delta-7B (Used by Anakin and other during the Clone Wars) had enough room for a full astromech by putting it in the center instead of in the wing.
Seen from the original series, it's successors within it's faction, this is by far, my personal favorite fighter. I'd pick her (gen-1) over an X-wing without looking back. That being said, she ain't perfect. And since every A-wing is a highly personalized fighter I'd make some alterations: 1. I'd swap the concusion missile launchers and lasers of place. Mounting both lasers in a semi-fixed forward firing position, on top of each other. (like Russian twin 23mm cannons) - disadvantage: No more firing backward. (in a craft this nimble/speedy it is not needed, also it takes time to move the barrel 180° twice and then aim the entire ship facing the wrong way, meaning you needed a second crew member for this to be reliable anyway.) + advantage: where 1 laser hits, so does the second. In single fire mode, you get real rapid fire forward and from the pilots view, they fire almost from the same point to the same point. + advantage: You increase your load of missiles from 6 to ten, for you are still connected to the old magazine AND you replace the old 'turn and shoot' mechanics with a wider magazine. + advantage: For a fighter on your tale, drop the missile like a bomb or drop it and guide it after the enemy fighter passes over. + advantage: Easier maintenance. Extra note: Replace the twin cannons with a rotary (small), five barreled rapid fire, high precision laser. Heats up slower, rate of fire up with alas more complex maintenance and higher price tag. 2. build in the components of an astromechdroid for faster FTL jumps. Not the entire droid. - disadvantage: Cost goes up! + advantage: more precise & faster FTL jumps. + advantage: The maintenance crew gets onboard help. + advantage: If the pilot is unconscious, disabled, the droid can bring them home on not just preset coordinates, but make up its own mind. 3. Vectored thrusters. - disadvantage: Cost! + advantage: This is a highly elite fighter, with only 2 roles in mind that overlap well. 1. space superiority fighter. 2. ultra-high speed interceptor. Giving it vectored thrusters makes it maneuver even better. + advantage: Flying with 1 engine taken out becomes less of a burden and does not take this one out of the fight. There, my humble insight on this most beautiful and s3xy fighter of its era in the Star Wars saga.
9:30 - correct me if I am mis-remembering but Legends vs Canon... they kept the second generation (rebel era) A-Wing with the swivel canons??!?! Well done
3:33 its a Canadian LAV. And they helmet are clearly CG634 (for the driver) and he wearong a full CADPAT uniform (for the driver again). The Other soldier is probably a USA soldier wearing the basic OCP pattern and ACH helmet. What Canada doing on Egypt? the answer is simple, Operation Jade and Operation Calumet (the United States was there too but idk what is they operation name)
@@SorcererShangTsungi guess that what all those frankenstien star ships that are made out of a bunch of different parts are, that is them before they have completed their transformation....their creator was all like "Fuck it! We are gunna make this docking port work!" And that is why we have Y-Wings that are part X-Wing but identifies as a Tie Fighter :p
Woah the jedi can do hyperspace jumps by using the force? Thats wild. Can you make a video on how tgey can do it? Also thanks for everything yall do on this channel and generation films!
in legends Luke travels learning from as many force users as he could. One group taught him force fold which allowed him to teleport vast distances. if my memory serves the group that had that used it to teleport entire ships using the force. they didn't even have hyperdrives.
Dunno if this is a topic youve already covered but im curious as to what you consider the most tragic scene in starwars to be. Granted, the final battle between anakin and obi wan probably tops a lot of peoples lists, I'd probably say its the moment before Anakin has the vader helmet sealed to his face where he mutters something along the lines of "padme, help me." As its essentially his very final moments of being Anakin, before losing his old identity entirely.
I'm imagining the Venator Class Kids Coin-ride outside a grocery store on Corusant. Then the kid riding it says: "Look Dad I'm a star fighter Pew pew!" The Dad, a desperate designer trying not to get fired says. "No Son, you need to put a bubble on the toooo OMG!!"
Maybe jumping the gun here, but any sign of a history of the B Wing coming up? Curious to see what there is on the resistance B Wing (as the ones in RoS have 2 engines not 4 like the ones in RotJ). Keep up the great content guys, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and all your subscribers :)
Do a breakdown of the Ghost!!!! It’s my second favorite ship: Tell us about what type of ship it was, where it was made, it’s different rooms, weapons, and the phantom/phantom 2
How does the rebel A-wing (RotJ version) open its canopy? I cant find any reference of how that model opens up. The newer versions flip open to the back but the RotJ version doesnt have room for that or any mechanics that hint how it opens up.
Heh, 1 year too late, but here's my reply 😆 The A Wing had two canopy mechanics, depending on the model. One opened on a hinge and slid slightly back. On the other, the canopy slid forward on a rail to open up.
The Rebels and Resistance sliced the IFF codes and that made tracking the ships to a specific distributor a nightmare. The Imps could not stop any shipbuilding corporation from selling the fighters on the open market because the Empire was not in the business of escorting freighters.
As an aircraft mechanic I hear, the A-wing spends as much time in the maintenance bay as the battlefield.. that's actually really damn good for a fight. So of the best modern fighters we have have a ratio of 15 maintenance hours to 1 hour of flying...
Very interesting
@@YesName_1 yes very interesting
If it's 1:1 as opposed to 15:1, that's incredible.
The A-wing is probably one of my favorite star fighters
Right after the U wing
Nah.....You are my favorite star fighter lol
Prefer the delta 7 azure angel, the 1 that anakin skywalker had
Rebel scum
TIE defender ftw
Probably? One of? Commit to something, damn it!
"unfortunate friendly-fire incident"
Good one
I lol'd at that one.
Execute order FF
The A-Wing is the fastest fighter we have, capable of matching a TIE interceptor in speed. Twin J77 Event-Horrizon engines power the craft, and twin blaster canons provide offensive weaponry. However, what we gain in speed, we lose in defense. The deflector shield capability is significantly less than the X-Wing. So make sure you use your speed to dodge lasers, rather than relying on shields. The A-Wing also carries a limited number Missiles.
Rogue Squadron ship briefing screen.
I wish we have an advanced Version of the CIS Tri-Fighter. :/
I see you too are a man culture my fellow rough pilot.
Rouge Squadron hanger description
@@lovemym16 damn straight one of my fav 64 games
The A-Wing is the fastest fighter we have. Capable of matching the TIE interceptor in speed.
It is an interceptor, not a fighter, and it is faster than the tie interceptor
@@sithacolol5337 I don't think you got the reference. It's the start of the crafts description in Rogue Leader on the GCN when in the hangar area (pre-mission way of craft selection)
However what we gain in speed we lose in defense
For more of those, search for "Rogue Squadron All Fighter Launches" and you should see some recorded play.
A-wings more like a multi role but crap for dog fighting. Even without shields it's pretty durable.
As a Asian, this is the only starfighter that my parents can accept me piloting in
Yea tell me about it I wanted to be a freelance pilot I would’ve been the only one in the family to not go to a top ranked academy
Generation Tech .....”do really want to end up a smuggler or live in a trash planet like Tattoine? Your cousins are all admirals or at least commanders.”
Hahahahhahahahha
Generation Tech, Can you do an evolution series of the Star Destroyer? I’ve seen many different types of Star Destroyers throughout the Star Wars timeline, I believe it could be a good topic.
YOU DOCTOR YET?
The a-wing was the first lego ship i ever get when i was like 5 years old, since then it become my favorite ship in the saga
Diego Milon Have you picked up the new UCS version released this month?! I am building it right now!
Story of the A-wing:
"Let's use the letter A since we already did X and Y plus it would be the perfect partner for B"
Technically X, Y and A all existed before B but at least in legends they went on to explore a vast majority of the alphabetized star-fighters nomenclature
D, E, H, K, T, U, V, Z
At lest, despite using a variety of manufacturers, the primary users (rebels/new republic) could stick to a common model naming scheme.
@@SoccerBoyAP U-wing is canon, as is v-wing
@@SoccerBoyAP you would think that an H wing is a tie fighter haha
Wait a minute those letters don’t even exist in Star Wars WTF
@@notoriousblt1038 They do in some alphabets, apparently (less common than the Basic aurebesh)
A Rogue Squadron show would be really cool, and we'd get to see alot of our favorite ships in action.
Would love to see the exploits of Commander Antilles
@@patrickmcglonejr8163 yeah that would be dope.
Oooooo yes. That was always a series that i would have loved to know about....just not read...thats why i am subbed here.
Getting a movie!
I heard they had conflicts with the movie so I also propose turning roque squadron into a Disney plus show since they seem to focus on it
The awing has always been one of my favourite fighters. In the fantasy flight table top xwing game I rocked a squad of 5 awings
Alan just had another death stick, look at those hands go!
5:56 “Unfortunate Friendly Fire Incident...” and 6:45 “the disappearance of the Jedi” EMPIRE PROPAGANDA
Who do you think sponsors him?
The A-wing was always my favorite Star Wars ship. It just looked the most solid.
2:25 when you ask the teacher about autism
🤣🤣🤣 reminds me of ny mum trying to explain my asperger's to my aunt, who has downs syndrome. Btw there is a book called all cats have autism. Pretty accurate as an autistic who has read it
7:50 The graph is missing the mighty Cloud Car!
The most civilized and powerful of all ships
Don't worry it just had to be cropped out because it was too high on the list
RZ-2 A-wing is my favorite, it’s the interceptor I’d use in my fictional fleet!
Danm right
I forget the name of the game... it might have been x-wing vs tie fighter... i forget. But the last ship you could unlock was an A-wing ... and It was soo worth it... That ship made you feel invincible compared to the x-wing .... or any other ship available in that game :) .. Ya, basically the game required you ranked up to Major i believe ... before you could pilot it.. but it was by far the best fighter ship in the game ...
Pretty sure it was rogue squadron.
Anyone remember the Buick?
@@chrissonofpear1384 sorry no. Plz enlighten me.
@@nbkw48 yeah, i think so too. I still have xwing vs tie fighter for windows 95. Battleof the force, i think its called is the last one which had the bwing. I got them on steam. And the newest 1 called squadrons. Havent played it yet. Been playing fallen order
Also known as the Anti-SSD interceptor
StarSilverInfinity yep
Aided by cruiser bombardment...
It intercepts SSDs. Speaking of which, if you look at the lore, the A-Wing's nose is hardened specifically for ramming tactics.
Fecal matter flinging aside, the A-Wing remains my absolute favorite Star Wars Snub fighter. I do thank you Allen for providing more on its history.
2:56 is Crix Madine, who was a commando general, not a starship designer.
The Delta 7 and Delta 7B were my favorite star fighters. I really thought that it was cool and sleek design
Edit: I also really like the V-Wing just as much as the Delta 7/7B A-Wing
A-Wing Is my favorite starfighter!
Unfortunate friendly fire incident lol
The A wing is just the cockpit of a Y wing with engines put inside of it
I can't believe someone else noticed that, I thought I was the only one that though this XD
Got to looking at a Lego Y-wing the other day, and I thought to myself “son of a BITCH!”
Yea I also saw that
Now resized to 6.9 metres, which fits cockpit interior better.
I have both lego sets right in front of me. and i hate how right you are lol
so the most cost efficient kill is crashing your A wing into the bridge of a star destroyer
GR-75 hyperspace ramming an entire fleet, through the power of plot armor bullshittery: "Am I a joke to you?"
@@laynaTheLobster Isn't the GR-75 a small cargo ship?
@@laynaTheLobster I would still say the a-wing was still more cost efficient, the Super Star Destroyer was completely destroyed when got rammed into the deathstar. While the first order fleet was badly damaged, they were probably able to salvage quite a bit and reduce the amount of loss.
@@59hawks Fair enough.
Resistance: Yeah,uhhh hit and run... *sends bomberfleet straight at a dreadnaught”
I didn't know that the A wing had such a long history in star wars.
It didn't until recently, this is new canon stuff to a large extent. In the old days, the backstory was that Rebel sympathizers who built racing craft put together the design and it quickly spread as a hotrod ship that could be built in such small shops around the galaxy. That was the story back in the eighties, maybe early nineties. By then I was too busy going to college and working three jobs.
It was in the Droids cartoon, longe ago, yes (and a two seater)
Jeffrey Root That is incorrect. The Legends story was that after the Battle of Yavin Jan Dodonna wanted a faster fighter to out run any TIE. The design was derived from the R-22 Spearhead and built by various small shops around the galaxy.
The Disney canon is somewhat different and makes the A-Wing much older and less deadly.
Disney really suck for this.
@@dat581 Thanks!
The A-wing: Strapping a pilot to two giant ass engines and saying "good luck"
The A-Wing has always been my favorite ship in all of Star Wars. I love the fact that it's SO fast. The Slave I is my second.
A-Wing is definitely my favorite Rebel ship. Too bad we did t see a lot of them in the sequels
B-Wing? Be sure to review Slayn & Korpil because there are certain elements that their craft seemed to share, just like the A-Wing shared certain design elements of Star Destroyers…
And a visual review of Star Craft engines, weapons, & such in Star Wars: Galaxies.
*waiting for an CIS Tri-Fighter video*
Fighters like the A-Wing illustrate how the Empire may have backed the wrong horse for Starfighter development.
May have? The spearhead was developed and ready when passed over for the cheaper ties. Throw in the incom project they vetoed and the empire screwed the pooch entirely when it comes to fighter craft choices.
@@nytefyre and then the TIE-D came out and showed what happened when the empire got serious about fighter interception.
How can you compare something that have been designed to be produced in millions of units, and another thing which only counted few hundred, maybe few thousands units in service?
The a wing is an interceptor
@@sithacolol5337 Interceptor is a class of starfighter. The A-Wing is in that class. The X-Wing is a Space Superiority starfighter. Both fit the broader category of starfighter.
The ship is a paper quill slightly better than the Tie series.
Until the tie advance, then defender came out which was the death of rebel pilots for a long while.
@@Yroko that's true.
Great video. I had no idea that it was a Jedi starfighter frame. Wow. And explained the need for more advanced pilots.. and the legacy of the xwing... wow.
My favorite fighter of all time in ANY sci fi. Its like an X-3 Stiletto and a B-2 stealth bomber had a baby and put it into space with near light speed abilities.
The Rebel A-wing also had swivel turrets; that was a feature in all the Rouge Squadron games.
The coolest thing about the a-wing and the Jedi star fighter is actually the fact that it’s completely possible to build an aircraft that looks EXACTLY like them, and they would fly perfectly fine.
When you’re a rebel pilot, and your visor covers your whole face, you know your fate is sealed
As much as I love the A wing (especially in EAW mods) its beyond boring for them to still be used in the ST. there's no ship evolution in these films except MAYBE the Resurgence, and even that is just barely.
There isn't much in the way of development in st as the new republic pulled a russan and demilitarized the crap out of everything. That is why leia started the resistance. Because she knew that the threat wasn't over and that the new republic would need a militia one day
@@cassandrakarpinski9416 that's just lazy writing. even if the government demilitarized that would not prevent private companies from continuing to develop military hardware.
In twenty years, The Empire went from At-Te, V Wings, Arc 170s, and Laats to Tie and vast Walker variations. In 30 years, we have kinda better X, Y, and A wings?
@@tonyjackson4078 the difference is, the A, Y and X wings are rebel icons, they became feared for their efficiency in the hands of the rebels, killing these symbols right after the new republic started, in an universe where ships can still be relevant after 100 years depending on the design is stupid so upgrading them while keeping the same design philosophy has much better than just sending new models year after year in comparison, the Empire created and adopted the TIE in favour of others so they could create their own imperial icons alongside the Star Deatroyers and the Death Star, controlling the entire empire by the fear of these icons
@@KaoruSF Its just worth noting that in Jedi B and A Wings were brand new fighters. Yes it's in Legends now and was retconned that both fighters had been either created or in full service before Battle of Yavin because Rebels.
I like the design of the Y-Wing, it actually looks like something that would fly in the real world.
This something is a lifting body.
Always enjoy your technical SW videos. Good stuff!
I’d love to see more of these fighters in future Star Wars content, love action or cartoon, either way it would be awesome
Here's hoping for the B Wing episode.
My personal favorite snubfighter.
Could you make a video about the different Ewok and Porg dishes? Since it's close to Life Day it may be the perfect moment to get together with your family and enjoy eating a delicious Ewok
WowTholyn, don’t undersell the Ewoks. They were inventing recipes for Solo, mind you.
Fantastic video man. Super well explained and very informative
Thank you so much for saying the RZ-1 was 6.9 meters long not the official and very obviously incorrect 9.6 meters. I know it shouldn't bother me that much but it does. The A-wing is my favorite ship from Star Wars or any other science fiction franchise. Thanks for getting it right.
5:08 You sure about that? Anakin had R2D2 docked as a full droid in his jedi starfighter. It joined him in his rescue of chancellor Palpatine, and ejected from the ship once they landed in the hangar of General Grievous' ship.
I did read however, that Obi Wan eventually had his R4 droid hardwired into his fighter as it had become so damaged over time, and all that was left was the functional sensor dome (which wasn't it's original as evidenced by the fact that it is a dome, not a cone) and the ability to plot coordinates for hyperdrive jumps and control ship sub systems.
He mentions in the video that the improved Delta-7B (Used by Anakin and other during the Clone Wars) had enough room for a full astromech by putting it in the center instead of in the wing.
Seen from the original series, it's successors within it's faction, this is by far, my personal favorite fighter. I'd pick her (gen-1) over an X-wing without looking back. That being said, she ain't perfect. And since every A-wing is a highly personalized fighter I'd make some alterations:
1. I'd swap the concusion missile launchers and lasers of place. Mounting both lasers in a semi-fixed forward firing position, on top of each other. (like Russian twin 23mm cannons)
- disadvantage: No more firing backward. (in a craft this nimble/speedy it is not needed, also it takes time to move the barrel 180° twice and then aim the entire ship facing the wrong way, meaning you needed a second crew member for this to be reliable anyway.)
+ advantage: where 1 laser hits, so does the second. In single fire mode, you get real rapid fire forward and from the pilots view, they fire almost from the same point to the same point.
+ advantage: You increase your load of missiles from 6 to ten, for you are still connected to the old magazine AND you replace the old 'turn and shoot' mechanics with a wider magazine.
+ advantage: For a fighter on your tale, drop the missile like a bomb or drop it and guide it after the enemy fighter passes over.
+ advantage: Easier maintenance.
Extra note: Replace the twin cannons with a rotary (small), five barreled rapid fire, high precision laser. Heats up slower, rate of fire up with alas more complex maintenance and higher price tag.
2. build in the components of an astromechdroid for faster FTL jumps. Not the entire droid.
- disadvantage: Cost goes up!
+ advantage: more precise & faster FTL jumps.
+ advantage: The maintenance crew gets onboard help.
+ advantage: If the pilot is unconscious, disabled, the droid can bring them home on not just preset coordinates, but make up its own mind.
3. Vectored thrusters.
- disadvantage: Cost!
+ advantage: This is a highly elite fighter, with only 2 roles in mind that overlap well.
1. space superiority fighter.
2. ultra-high speed interceptor.
Giving it vectored thrusters makes it maneuver even better.
+ advantage: Flying with 1 engine taken out becomes less of a burden and does not take this one out of the fight.
There, my humble insight on this most beautiful and s3xy fighter of its era in the Star Wars saga.
The RZ-1 "Arrowhead" is my second favorite Star Wars vehicle.
7:11 you might want to reconsider the timeline on this. A-wings appeared in the Ahsoka novel as part of Bail Oreganas fleet.
I could binge watch this guys videos all damn day.
I'm in love with the jedi a-wing
Everything about this video is great, especially the hat
9:30 - correct me if I am mis-remembering but Legends vs Canon... they kept the second generation (rebel era) A-Wing with the swivel canons??!?! Well done
yay the a wing thank you!!!!!! i LOVE!!! your vids and i nearly cried with tears of joy because thought you would not care at all about the comment
Great vid GenTech.
5:55 'unfortunate friendly fire incident' LMAO
Mind was blown when I learned the A-Wing model was made from kit bashed F 14 wing roots.
Great video on one of the sleekest ships in the galaxy! Also really digging the shirt. Go Niners!
3:33 its a Canadian LAV. And they helmet are clearly CG634 (for the driver) and he wearong a full CADPAT uniform (for the driver again). The Other soldier is probably a USA soldier wearing the basic OCP pattern and ACH helmet.
What Canada doing on Egypt? the answer is simple, Operation Jade and Operation Calumet (the United States was there too but idk what is they operation name)
Had no idea the Delta 7 Jedi star fighters were part of the lineage of the A-Wing. The more you know.
Same designer, in Legends.
Damm technology thousands of years ago looks a lot better than the present era
The a-wing is based on the Jedi starfighter that date back from the old republic.
RZ1 also had swiveling cannons
6:02 Nothing cool about not being subbed to Gen. Tech
Please don’t ban me I love Star Wars. Thank you for your upload. I hit the like button.
Nice shirt I’m a niners fan and also did you notice that none of the characters never seem to sleep eat or change their cloths that much
I bet we get to see the Resistance LGBT-Wing Starfighter...I hear it's painted bright colors and the navigation system is really confusing.
xCAPTAIN TACOx “the navigation system is really confusing.” I love this line lmao
You just described the Jedi starfighter.
@@JeffreyPiatt lmao, yeah...yeah i suppose i did lol
@@SorcererShangTsungi guess that what all those frankenstien star ships that are made out of a bunch of different parts are, that is them before they have completed their transformation....their creator was all like "Fuck it! We are gunna make this docking port work!"
And that is why we have Y-Wings that are part X-Wing but identifies as a Tie Fighter :p
The LGBT-Wing man
Thank you for that image
A-wing, A-wing m2 and r-22 spearhead are all three the coolest fighters of Star Wars
And now we know how long each should be...
Woah the jedi can do hyperspace jumps by using the force? Thats wild. Can you make a video on how tgey can do it? Also thanks for everything yall do on this channel and generation films!
Calculation, at least. And tricky.
in legends Luke travels learning from as many force users as he could. One group taught him force fold which allowed him to teleport vast distances. if my memory serves the group that had that used it to teleport entire ships using the force. they didn't even have hyperdrives.
Do every letter- wing x
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Na do V wing
both v-wings rogue squadron and the real one
Heavy bombers
B-Wing
@@Distrunner5k not every heavy bomber is called "b-wing"
Dunno if this is a topic youve already covered but im curious as to what you consider the most tragic scene in starwars to be. Granted, the final battle between anakin and obi wan probably tops a lot of peoples lists, I'd probably say its the moment before Anakin has the vader helmet sealed to his face where he mutters something along the lines of "padme, help me." As its essentially his very final moments of being Anakin, before losing his old identity entirely.
Coast Guard also helps keeps beaches safe from dolphins.
EXCELLENT!
Best ship in the series!
5:57
Last one, get 'im, Count.
Almost to 500k!!!!
A-Wing is underrated but quite good for what it’s for.
Force Ghost Yoda, on "nothing cool about being dead."
"full of feces, he is."
XD
The first A-wing is literally a mini sideways venator
I'm imagining the Venator Class Kids Coin-ride outside a grocery store on Corusant. Then the kid riding it says: "Look Dad I'm a star fighter Pew pew!" The Dad, a desperate designer trying not to get fired says. "No Son, you need to put a bubble on the toooo OMG!!"
5:51 To be fair his piloting skills could have given Vader a run for his money
When will there be lower-case starfighters/bombers?
I have designed the i-Wing, which shows promise:
Now, if I can just get the cockpit to stay on...
@@chrissonofpear1384 Connect the cockpit the same way podraces connect their engines with an energy beam.
Great idea! Now I just have to keep Gungans away...
Maybe jumping the gun here, but any sign of a history of the B Wing coming up? Curious to see what there is on the resistance B Wing (as the ones in RoS have 2 engines not 4 like the ones in RotJ). Keep up the great content guys, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and all your subscribers :)
Not sure if its been done yet but would love a video on the U-Wing
8:59 KAMAKAZI!!! At the Executer Dreadnought
Do a breakdown of the Ghost!!!! It’s my second favorite ship:
Tell us about what type of ship it was, where it was made, it’s different rooms, weapons, and the phantom/phantom 2
You missed out Kuat Systems Engineering's other hot rod ship for the Republic fleet, the V-wing fighter.
I like the minor adaptionx of world war II, that japanese A-Wing pilot got shot down at 8:55 so he decided to kamikaze that Super Stardestroyer
How does the rebel A-wing (RotJ version) open its canopy? I cant find any reference of how that model opens up. The newer versions flip open to the back but the RotJ version doesnt have room for that or any mechanics that hint how it opens up.
Heh, 1 year too late, but here's my reply 😆 The A Wing had two canopy mechanics, depending on the model. One opened on a hinge and slid slightly back. On the other, the canopy slid forward on a rail to open up.
@@droidherder3234 better late than never! Do you also know which models have which mechanics? I own a RotJ model
The A-Arc wing (it’s the 1st ship with spoils) is the same as the AR-wing from starfox
Dang, I never knew that! I allways thought that the A-wing was just made out of some Revell F14 shoulder parts.
I'm surprised the Empire didn't go after the rekon corporation or anyother of the ship manufacturers that sold to the rebels.
The Rebels and Resistance sliced the IFF codes and that made tracking the ships to a specific distributor a nightmare. The Imps could not stop any shipbuilding corporation from selling the fighters on the open market because the Empire was not in the business of escorting freighters.
Loved the Mass Effect reference there. ^_^
I would combine the best qualities of the ETA-2 Actis (such as the astromech) and the RZ-2 a-wing (such as the internal hyperdrive).
Damn. My only experience with this thing is on the 2005 Battlefront II and yinz are up in here like 9:33...
So Obi Wan And Plo Koon's Starfighters Were A-Wings?
The F-16 of the Star Wars Universe
You should do more Legends material. Such as Ulic Qel-Droma and Nomi Sunrider also including Odan Urr
8:36 why are they spinning is that anakin remote piloting all three of them?