Talk:Viper (TOS)/Archive 1: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:04, 30 March 2007

Boy, a lot of this information is non-canon. Someone needs to go in here and note this.

Stick it on the Citation Jihad so we don't forget. -- Peter Farago 13:47, 2 January 2006 (EST)

I've gone through and cleaned out all the fanon and unsourced information. If there's anything that I've missed, please feel free to clean up after me. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 15:40, 14 September 2006 (CDT)

"Breaking" flaps?

In context the phrase should be "braking flaps", not "breaking flaps". Is it deliberately misspelled that way in the original script and that's why it's worded that way here? -- Davidkevin 18:39, 12 February 2007 (CST)

I'll double check, but I believe the spelling comes from the DVD subtitles for "Saga of a Star World". -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 23:57, 12 February 2007 (CST)

Dimensions?

I'm pretty sure the dimensions listed are incorrect, what is the source for them? Reson being, Length is listed as "Approx 8.7M", which is only slightly larger than the New Series Viper MkII at 8.4M. However, a casual comparison of the cockpits of each would seem to indicate, even with a cramped compartment, the Original Series Viper should be at least 25%-30% larger than the New Series Viper.

I've just remembered reading something that Susan Paxton discovered about the Viper mockups and the actual Viper models built by Apogee not being scaled correctly. As for the actual measurements, I believe they came from a warbook entry in "Living Legend, Part I", where Sheba and Bojay come across Apollo and Starbuck. However, with the impending server maintenance in 3 days, I don't have the kind of time right now to rummage through my DVD collection to find the scene. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 18:38, 29 March 2007 (CDT)

Okay, I just went and messed around with a couple 3D models I have and put together this[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v341/HandofBobb/Vipers.jpg]comparison[/url]. Now, granted, these are fan-made models, but they're fairly accurate, and correspond to most toy/model images I can find. The pilot figure in both cases is the same Poser model, Michael 3, at the same scale. As you can see, even with the Original Series Viper at roughly 130%, he's pretty cramped in there, while there's plenty of room in the new Viper. -User:HandofBobb

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 Reson being, Length is listed as "Approx 8.7M", which is only slightly larger than the New Series Viper MkII at 8.4M.  However, a casual comparison of the cockpits of each would seem to indicate, even with a cramped compartment, the Original Series Viper should be at least 25%-30% larger than the New Series Viper.
 : I've just remembered reading something that Susan Paxton discovered about the Viper mockups and the actual Viper models built by Apogee not being scaled correctly. As for the actual measurements, I believe they came from a warbook entry in "Living Legend, Part I", where Sheba and Bojay come across Apollo and Starbuck. However, with the impending server maintenance in 3 days, I don't have the kind of time right now to rummage through my DVD collection to find the scene. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:38, 29 March 2007 (CDT)
+Okay, I just went and messed around with a couple 3D models I have and put together this[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v341/HandofBobb/Vipers.jpg]comparison[/url].
+Now, granted, these are fan-made models, but they're fairly accurate, and correspond to most toy/model images I can find.  The pilot figure in both cases is the same Poser model, Michael 3, at the same scale.  As you can see, even with the Original Series Viper at roughly 130%, he's pretty cramped in there, while there's plenty of room in the new Viper. -[[User:HandofBobb]]