Model
number: N/A
Code name: Fat Uncle
Unit type: transport plane
Manufacturer: Principality of Zeon
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: unknown
Accommodation: 2 pilots, in standard cockpit
Dimensions: overall length 38 meters; overall width 56.8
meters; overall height 21.2 meters
Wingspan: 56.8 meters
Weight: 195 metric tons; max cargo transport 140 metric
tons
Propulsion: 2 x thermonuclear engine: maximum
speed rated at Mach 0.7
Equipment
and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 3 x 2-barrel machine gun
Mobile suits: 3
Technical
and Historical Notes |
The
Fat Uncle transport aircraft was the primary non-combat transport
aircraft for the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War.
The Fat Uncle's ungainly appearance belied it's true effectiveness,
as it was a highly efficient aircraft, able to carry nearly
twice its weight in cargo, including Zaku-type mobile suits
standing in the massive cargo bay. This was in part due to the
powerful thermonuclear jet engines used for thrust, and the
large VTOL rotors used for lift. Despite the similarities between
the thermonuclear jet engines of the Fat Uncle and Gaw
class assault carrier, it's unknown if they use the same type
of engines, but it's certainly a possibility. The Fat Uncle
could carry roughly three mobile suits, but the exact capacity
it can carry is difficult to estimate, as it was not originally
designed to carry mobile suits, but rather a more general range
of cargo.
Miscellaneous
Information |
Appearances: Mobile Suit
Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
Cargo bay
