For ROTS Porsche and Lucasfilm made a ship for some good ole cross promotion and I mean, look at it! Meet the Tri-Wing S-91x Pegasus Starfighter

Vid Doc on its design

But it only has two wi.... ooooooh, it's a tri-ANGLE!

Is this the ship in Mandalorian?

Very cool design, and a cool design process as well.

Wave 7, please. 😍

Ah, she’s a beaut. I’ll take two, please.

U-wing—>tri-fighter

YT-1300–>Lando’s Falcon

Too aerodynamic. I prefer the standard Star Wars flying bricks.

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Anyhow, Rebel/Resistance ship with Adaptive Ailerons? Don't worry about R4 making Aileron moves blue: you don't get Aileron moves while stressed.

It doesn't look like there is much for the 2 passengers to interact with making me think role wise this is more of a lightly armed, fast shuttle than a dedicated combat craft. Weapon and engine positioning are good, the astromech has some cover, looks like it'll function reasonably well in atmosphere if its shields go out (though the inboard tail surfaces might cause a bit of drag) so not bad overall. I'm curious to see how they implement it.

Not surprised to hear Blue Ace is based on Porsche, and that some of the others are also based on racers.

This beauty also wouldn't be out of place in the Colossus's Platform Classic.

I kinda like it.

5 hours ago, theBitterFig said:

Too aerodynamic. I prefer the standard Star Wars flying bricks.

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Anyhow, Rebel/Resistance ship with Adaptive Ailerons? Don't worry about R4 making Aileron moves blue: you don't get Aileron moves while stressed.

It is interesting that a lot of ST ships seem to be more aerodynamic than the historical models.

To me it's always been one of the big "What-ifs" of the Star Wars universe: What if a civilization developed repulsorlift technology and nuclear fusion before they discovered aerodynamic flight? Boundless energy (and an entire galaxy of resources) means you don't have to worry as much about fuel economy, and repulsorlifts mean you don't have to worry too much about gliding. Foils are kinda there sometimes, but often for reasons quite distinct from maneuvering (other than allowing smaller thrusters to have more leverage).

But as time goes on and resources are spent and people learn more and more about these things, it is seen as more of a good idea to develop somewhat streamlined craft...

Interesting to think about anyway.

I clicked on the thread expecting to see the Porsche 917k based abomination from the new kiddy Star Wars series and got to see this cool ship instead!

The design looks great but for some reason it quite doesn't fit along the rest of the ships. Call it nostalgia perhaps...

21 minutes ago, ClassicalMoser said:

To me it's always been one of the big "What-ifs" of the Star Wars universe: What if a civilization developed repulsorlift technology and nuclear fusion before they discovered aerodynamic flight? Boundless energy (and an entire galaxy of resources) means you don't have to worry as much about fuel economy, and repulsorlifts mean you don't have to worry too much about gliding. Foils are kinda there sometimes, but often for reasons quite distinct from maneuvering (other than allowing smaller thrusters to have more leverage).

Irrespective of efficiency or boundless energy, they would have discovered that without aerodynamics, drag would shred your ship to pieces at high speed in atmospheric flight.

The nose reminds me of some concept art for snow speeders from empire

It has the nose and its aft reversed.

I really like the design but it feels like it belongs in Star Citizen more than it does Star Wars. It’s missing that quirky/funky quality.

Oohoho, I quite like it! It's got some good utility to it. Is it BASICALLY a space car?

Uh, yeah, to be honest. But here's the thing. It fits just fine in the Star Wars universe. What's throwing folks off is that signature Porsche silver paintjob. Imagine it in an X-Wing's colors, complete with beat-up and grime.

on the plus side, r2 cant get hit from head-on shots. Downside is that R2 cant see where hes going.

Overall, beautiful ship, love lines and angles.

On 12/13/2019 at 2:57 PM, Seraphimtoaster375 said:

For ROTS Porsche and Lucasfilm made a ship for some good ole cross promotion and I mean, look at it! Meet the Tri-Wing S-91x Pegasus Starfighter

Vid Doc on its design

Such a big fuss for this? I can't imagine how much money was unnecessarily spend on this project. A nerd in his basement could do better.

Now the 1 million dollar question: Tri-Wing? Where the frak is the third wing?

34 minutes ago, Odanan said:

Such a big fuss for this? I can't imagine how much money was unnecessarily spend on this project. A nerd in his basement could do better.

PS: The Star-Wing beats that ship.

True, just hop into deviantart and you'll see better stuff

Want to see the Lamborghini version..lol and the Chevrolet and Ford ones as well.lol

11 hours ago, Odanan said:

Such a big fuss for this? I can't imagine how much money was unnecessarily spend on this project. A nerd in his basement could do better.

Now the 1 million dollar question: Tri-Wing? Where the frak is the third wing?

PS: The Star-Wing beats that ship.

u g h

Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to evoke THREE ships AND a car in ONE design? That's what made this project so difficult. And you know what? They did that job perfectly. Now, is it the greatest design ever?

No, no it's not. That's the HWK-290's title. But guess what, that's my fangirlism coming out.

This thing is quite cool, and you don't know all of its features or its role in the film.

Y'all would hate the falcon these days because its cockpit placement "makes no sense" even though none'a y'all work freight or warehouse enough to know.

Well the Falcon cockpit placement was central, back when it was originally designed to have a rotating cockpit and fly "upright" like a sailfish, but then ol' George decided he preferred shooting the model sideways, and the model makers didn't have the time or go ahead to realign the cockpit.

But yeah, most of the ship designs in Star Wars are garbage from an aesthetic or realistically useful/stable point of view. A lot of them are beloved for nostalgia more than anything. I frankly think this is one of the nicest ships to have come out of the stable in a very long time.

1 hour ago, NakedDex said:

Well the Falcon cockpit placement was central, back when it was originally designed to have a rotating cockpit and fly "upright" like a sailfish, but then ol' George decided he preferred shooting the model sideways, and the model makers didn't have the time or go ahead to realign the cockpit.

But yeah, most of the ship designs in Star Wars are garbage from an aesthetic or realistically useful/stable point of view. A lot of them are beloved for nostalgia more than anything.

Yes, yes, yes.

1 hour ago, NakedDex said:

I frankly think this is one of the nicest ships to have come out of the stable in a very long time.

And that's why it's wrong.

It's wrong because it actually looks good? Or it's wrong because it wasn't made by a marketing department?

Honestly, this looks straight out of Star Citizen to me.

It's a really cool design, but this is what happens when you get people who actually know what they're doing designing ships. It's too... functional. (Given that ships in SC are meant to draw heavy inspiration from modern performance cars for the varieties in aesthetic, that probably says their design team are doing a really good job, if their efforts look so much like an actual car company's take on a spaceship)

On 12/14/2019 at 2:47 AM, Jehan Menasis said:

It has the nose and its aft reversed.

I actually agree. Flip the engines, put the cockpit where the R2 is currently, facing the other way, and sharpen up the wing tips and you'd have a ship that fits the Star Wars aesthetic a little better.

Yes it would make absolutely no sense for the wings to sweep forward, but that's Star Wars. Call it a W-Wing and the job's a good 'un.