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Star Wars
E-Wing
Starfighter
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This model is based on the drawings of the FreiTek, Inc.
E-Wing Starfighter found in the Star Wars Essential Guide
to Vehicles and Vessels. I think it is a pretty good
interpretation, better than I had hoped for. Of course,
I added a few "improvements" :-)
I had originally intended this to be minifig scale, but
when it was finished I found that a Technic figure fit
quite nicely and looked much more realistic. Its a little
cramped, but hey, war is hell.
The standard E-Wing features triple laser cannons that can
be fire linked, and a concussion missile launcher. The wings
are fixed in place and reinforced by struts. It was designed
to be the successor to the famous X-Wing. It is faster,
more maneuverable, better shielded, and more powerful than
the X-Wing.
Like the X-Wing, the E-Wing utilizes an astromech droid. The
droid is a special R7 unit specifically designed to handle
the advanced interfaces on the ship. The droid is in a
sealed compartment just aft of the cockpit.
I have made two weapons modifications.
The first is an additional pair of concussion missile
launchers on each side of the cockpit. Each launcher has
two firing ports, and they share a magazine of 12 missiles.
The second mod is a mission-optional twin-barrel, recoil-absorbing
medium ion cannon mounted on a swivel mount directly below
the cockpit. This cannon was one of several "liberated" from
a defeated Imperial Star Destroyer.
Ion cannon missions are generally undertaken by two or more
advance fighters coming in at high velocity. The cannon is
used to disable enemy shields and systems, allowing waves
of assault ships such as X-Wings, A-Wings, B-Wings, and
conventional E-Wings to move in to finish the battle.
When installed, the cannon disables the standard ventral mounted
concussion missile launcher. In combat, the pilot has only to
aquire a target lock, or multiple locks, and thereafter
the droid maintains the lock(s). Even under hard maneuvering,
the droid will maintain the lock and continue firing on the
target(s) until overridden by the pilot.
The first view is a 3/4 nose view.
If you look closely, the concussion missile ports are visible
just to the side of where the pilots right arm would be.
Next is a side view. The cockpit hinge
point is directly above the top of the wing strut. The entire
dorsal laser hinges up with the canopy and provides access to
the R7 astromech droid.
This is a top view. The cockpit canopy
hinge point is visible here. Note the engine bleed-off vents on
each wing, as well as the sensor discs (smooth round objects
immediately forward of the engine vents)
This bottom view shows the standard
concussion missile launchers (two small blue ports on the
centerline toward the rear). In this view, the ion cannon is
installed and in the stowed position.
These next two views show the ion cannon in the
stowed position, and rotated into a
firing position. When firing, the
cannon has a wide field of rotation, with a safety-interlocked
"rotation profile" to prevent self-inflicted damage.
Would you like to see instructions
for this model? Both the LDraw DAT source files and a full step-by-step
instruction set are available.
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