Star Wars: Inside the Tie Fighter
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- I have decided to create another inside-out animation of an iconic Imperial starship, the Tie-Fighter from Star Wars, all in 3D.
. The Tie Fighter was first introduced in the 1977 movie, Star War A New Hope and was commonly used by the Empire to fight against the rebellion. There are several different variations of the Tie fighter including the Tie Bomber, TIE interceptor, Tie Defender, and the TIE Advanced X1 which was used by Darth Vader but in this episode, I just wanted to focus our attention on the standard Tie Fighter.
The backbone and workhorse of the Galactic Empire, the TIE fighter is identified with the Empire’s influence and power. TIE fighters are manufactured in massive numbers and are assigned to a pilot as an expendable asset, much like the pilots themselves. TIE fighters are considered tools to the Empire’s need, and they were designed to be as efficient as possible for the job they do.
The standard TIE/LN model contains no deflector shields, hyperdrive, or life support system. For this reason, they have a much lower range of operation compared to other galactic space fighters, and often need to be ferried into battle by other vessels, such as the menacing Imperial Star Destroyers, Gozanti class cruisers, or the Quasar Fire class carrier.
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Engineer 1: "Is there a way we can make it harder for pilot to see his surroundings?"
Engineer 2: "Sure, we can add solar energy collectors to block the pilot's peripheral vision, and we can give him only a tiny round window."
Engineer 2: "Perfect, let's do it!"
honestly the wings don't even matter lol. the window prevents side vision regardless.
They don't need viewports. They have advanced sensors that are never shown on screen. SW doesn't worry about the technical details. Similar to modern day fight jets with 360° vision.
@@BungieStudios "They have advanced sensors"
Do they? Oh, okay. You know this is fiction right? Expressing an opinion on how well a pilot can fly on "instruments only" is... well, not even guesswork, not even informed speculation... It's just sheer making shit up. You'd have to fly one to know, and I doubt you've done that.
That was mean of me to say. I apologize.
@@charliehorse8686 Bro, why are you getting riled up over fiction then? lol
Star Wars might take place in the past but everything they have is more advanced than anything we have today. It's reasonable to assume they have features similar or better than our pilots today. Sensor technology is not new to Star Wars. What we see onscreen is a combination of 70s~ style props/tech coupled with imagination on a limited but effectively used budget.
The Tie-Fighter has a special place in my heart which the different variants never replaced.
(Kawasaki Z900 2017 Black is an option on the Earth.) - Have a seat on it once - to feel.
I was always for Vader - including his fighter.
When the targeting computer is bigger then your fuel tank, you have to better think twice to get inside one of those tie fighters. And as always most impressive animation.
The fuel tank is laughable.
Tie fighter gets shot from beneath.
The fuel tank: Kaboom?
Yes Rico Kaboom.
@@benyzehnder9310 😂
@john jones Hmm yes you got a point
ion engines IRL use very little propellent, just a lot of electricity. Ion engines are like 20 times as efficient as chemical rocket engines, so they wouldn't need that much fuel
To be historically accurate, the Tie Fighters were first seen in the 1977 movie Star Wars. I have this movie, the name was changed later. To me and many others the movie that came out in 1977 is the first Star Wars.
Just last night i was wondering what the blueprints of the Tie fighter was like and i wondered if Halfscreen would do a video about the Tie Fighter. Now this video pops up, nice timing.
I enjoyed the video, keep it up.
Maybe it has to do with the "Force". 😊
Use the force...
As a former pilot, this is 99.9% accurate. Good stuff
What’s the 0.1 flaw?
Dude what ev...
Imperial scum
So a Tie-Fighter was eco friendly!!
Not pilot friendly, no armor, and sitting on top of fuel tank. Eco friendly ? I don’t think so, probably leave a crater of contaminants if crashed, like a Tesla EV, all those heavy metals and other caustic elements used in battery manufacturing.
@@TheSchmed r/whoosh
@@TheSchmed Hahahahahha. Love this comment
I guess to stop galactic warming.
@@TheSchmed This comment is really gooood
The Tie-Fighter's one of the coolest spaceships in *all* of sci-fi! And I *want* one....!
Good luck with trying to not be shot down immedieately by a ship that exploited your only weakness, which is tunnel vision and little to no protection
@@Alex_Fishman Considerations like "survivability" are unimportant when compared to the Coolness Factor!🤣
I love the tie interceptor more! but these are very cool.
I like these videos and the animated assembly of the ships/fighters with the title of their parts and weaponry and engines. I am 50 now, and I remember my mom and dad, my sister and I going to see Star Wars back in 1977 at the movie theater at the once existing Cloverleaf Mall, in Chesterfield County, VA and The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Return Of The Jedi in 1983. I do miss that Theater Popcorn and butter with the soft drinks aka Sodas. I've cut out the sodas with syrup and drink the clear ones like Ginger Ale and Sprite as, well as Unsweetened Ice Tea.
Yeah...Oddly enough, I couldn't find any good animations explaining these ship in detail (well, in 3D anyway), so I decided to create one myself. Thank for watching Sean.
TIE Interceptor and TIE Defender were my favs.
THANK YOU!! "MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ALWAYS" This video was SPECTACULAR!! The level of detail and the simplicity of the Tie fighters construction is amazing! and the music, AWE INSPIRING!!
You're very welcome!
I used to be addicted to "Tie Fighter," the 1994 computer game, back in the day. The Tie Fighter was used for swarm attacks by novice pilots, and the Interceptor, Bomber, Advanced, and Defender versions by more experienced pilots for specialized missions.
A truly original and very underrated design. Subscribed.
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Right on. He does a great video of some of the greatest sci-fi vehicles. Kicks ass
Perhaps not my first choise of all the vehicles to actualy use if, since they seem to be pretty much a one purpose aimed construction (wich also make sense for the original function) , but deffinitly my favorite design!
This is just about the only ship that doesn't pretend to require any wings in space
I like this ship for that
This one is about the only that is purely used in space though. We see others entering planets atmospheres multiple times
@@rowanmelton7643 tie fighters are very often seen flying in atmospheres and even taking off from planets though.
The Special Forces Tie Fighter was a lot better. Special Forces TIEs were equipped with hyperdrives to enable the fighter to go on long-range missions far from a base or carrier ship, enhanced deflector shields, and high-yield cells that provided additional power to onboard systems, which were necessary because of its more powerful weapons and stronger shields. Plus it had a gunner to cover the pilot’s six. (Technically they are both pilots who have the ability to fly the tie fighter but the gunner obviously played the combat systems officer role).
Beautiful post! Amazing music. Sitting on top of a fuel tank in a fighter with no shield generators, there’s no way to more clearly indicate your pilots are disposable than that! Best regards!
Couldn't agree more!
@Bugsey Magee It's basically a disposable vessel.
Google the zero fighter. Same concept.
So was it an honor to fly such a kamakizi weapon or as a reward for excellent service.. Did humans pilot these or drones?
That's exactly what most early WWII fighters were like, Hurricane, Spitfire, Bf 109
This is amazing, love the modeling work. Modeling ship interiors brought me here.
I actually had the toy of the Tie Interceptor and one thing I remember about it is that it had 2 buttons on it to eject the wings.
The sad thing about this design, is that heat radiators don't work in space.
Because space is an almost perfect insulator. The secret to your thermos is that it is an outer shell, and an inner shell, separated by a vacuum just like space, causing the heat energy to transfer at a snail's pace through one contact point.
Space is not hot, nor cold. Space is a temperature less vacuum. The only way heat transfers is if something is touching something, or if it is being actively carried in another form of energy, such as a light wave or radiation burst.
This is why most space related things in real life are white. Because white reflects light, and the heat it carries, and light is one of the few ways heat can travel in a vacuum. Because of this, just standing in the sunlight without light-reflecting white gear and a refrigeration system will give you heatstroke and kill you in minutes.
And if something absorbs heat too readily, like a bare shiny metal surface, it heats up quickly from the sunlight to thousands of degrees hot (which is part of why spacesuits are so thick and bulky, to protect you from accidentally touching such surfaces and burning a breach into your suit, the other reason being structural reinforcement against depressurization)
In reality, a TIE fighter's heat radiators would heat up, and then just keep accumulating heat until they straight up catch fire and melt, which would likely cause it to just, you know... explode once the heat build transfers back to the central body.
Iconic look, but nonfunctional design.
Pretty solid observations.
Heat radiators DO work in space (the ISS has them), they're just not efficient in the same way that they are in an atmosphere. As you noted, the only way to disperse heat is with emission (IR light) or conduction (physical contact). They'd likely have to use some sort of phase-change loop like an air-conditioner instead of a liquid-based system like your car uses, because phase-change systems can emit latent heat as IR if forced from gas to liquid, and then re-absorb it on the 'cold' side. And that refrigerant would need to get VERY hot to emit enough black-body radiation to be useful. I would not want to touch those panels *at all* after my TIE landed. Seeing one through an IR camera would probably be a trip, too.
It's also possible to use the heat from the systems to also heat the fuel going into the engines. That is assuming that the engine propellant isn't also the cooling refrigerant, which you CAN do to accomplish this, such as the Shuttle's main engines using the LH2 for nozzle cooling. This has the upside of increasing exhaust velocity for basically free (you're making the heat anyway!) and causing the exhaust to quite helpfully take some of the heat with it. As SW lasers are more properly particle cannons (tabanna gas), some of that heat leaves via the angry green beams of death, but probably not so much that you could hold down the trigger for very long.
2:38 love the audio for that part. It’s almost like you’re watching the enemy put it together and you’re helpless. Mainly cause you over ate the dark side cookies that your revel buddy got a hold of
Yess!🔥
What remember when I first went to the theater to see Star Wars last century there was absolutely no context or explanation of all of it. T.I.E. fighters, X-Wings, land speeders, Star Destroyers, etc..
I love these videos and others that flesh it all out.
I love watching these
After watching your brilliant reconstruction of the Imperial TIE Fighter I have decided to turn to the Dark side just to get a ride in one! …. So detailed - so well explained - so Star Wars ….. and that soundtrack! Out of This World! …… another hit …. You are the Master now HalfScreen …. #MTFBWYA thanks for sharing your talents….
Mikey, you are too kind. 😁
I was wating for this !!!!!! Just amazing my respects Love this Channel
More to come!
Statistically, the TIE is an excellent fighter. Speed and maneuverability are superior to durability in WWII-style dog fights, meaning the TIE *should* be superior to the X-Wing.
Also, that TIE assembly bit was so cool to see!
Loved seeing the "how it's made" aspect
Another great video, but the tie fighters really had no shielding. But they did have the masses. Those poor pilots lol loved it. Please do more of these vehicles. Some of my favorites and speeder bikes
I have quite of few inside-out videos on my channel and tried to reproduce them on a weekly / bi weekly basis.
Fantastic work, really love how the animation built up the TIE.
Glad you like it!
With a mere ninety break-horse-power available, progress is too leisurely to be called fast, but on the milky way in fifth gear the tie fighters slow pace really becomes a pain. Uphill runs become power-sappingly mundane, while overtaking x-wings can become a long, drawn-out affair.” Not my words, Lord Vader. The words of Top Gear magazine.
This is going to be my new favorite Star Wars video!
Thanks.
The panels collect stellar energy. Solar energy refers to Sol which is the main sequence star in the the center of the Solar System which is in a galaxy far, far away :).
Tie fighters, looking after the environment lol, this was cool
I have always assumed the hexagon panels were the ion engines. And the two lights at the back of the body were navigation beacons like on an aircraft.
That's Awsome! But I'd like to see a Stormtrooper trying to jump up into it. Have a ladder drop down Mabey? Lol
Pretty nice animations, looks great to see the ship getting "assembled".
Thanks!
@@Halfscreen you are welcome :)
Great video! Love it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Increibleeee!!!!!! saludos de Argentina!
Oh hasta tenemos personas de Argentina, ¡que bien!
Nice.
We all know it was named after a bow tie, but officially TIE stands for Twin Ion Engine fighter. The tie fighter scream as it flies by is from an elephant.
It makes more sense to have the wings be radiators to get rid of the immense waste heat, similar to the reason the X-Wings had S-foils. Solar energy would be highly variable and render the TIE useless in dark parts of space, and there would be extremely minimal retcon involved: literally, the energy goes the opposite direction, and the panels are just radiator grills.
I've been in love with this little ship since I first laid eyes on it in 1977 when l was 7 years old.
Yet more stunning work
Thank you for watching and commenting!
I wonder how they made the screaming sound
Maybe by the engine
Sound designer Ben Burtt created the distinctive TIE fighter sound effect by combining an elephant call with a car driving on wet pavemen
@@alexgeorgiev532 Thanks for telling
@@alexgeorgiev532 thanks
As an Imperial engineer on TIE fighters this is 100% true ❤️
this is pretty neat,
really well done re-assembly, perfect for explaining all the little parts involved.
After this video, I want to join the Galactic Empire! Kidding, but the TIE/IN-Interceptor is still and by far my favourite TIE version.
Loved this video. It reminded me how sad the life of a tie fighter pilot really is.
Sad but true. 😁
Reminds me of the spherical turret on the B-17 Flying Fortress
@@net343 I could be wrong but Lucas was inspired by WW2 / Flying Fortress when he made Star Wars.
Well I wouldn‘t go in a, no shield, no hyperdrive , no heavy armor, no life support, big ass solar panels that make the thing look like a flying target in space.
But it makes cool sounds
Im in!
@@benyzehnder9310 The deeper you go into the making of these crafts, the more you release it's not feasible or practical.
You know, it occurs to me that those ion engines must be very powerful given their size...the pilot is nearly the biggest single component on the ship.
My favorite starfighter. It can make short work of everything it faced in a dogfight, except for maybe the A-wing.
Performance over durability all day, every day.
I would like to see another video like this one on Vader's Tie Advanced fighter or maybe on the Lambda class Imperial Shuttle.
Helluva blind spot there on the sides. Makes for some good attack vectors for opponents to take advantage of.
Tie fighter comes with situational awareness camera of some sort covering aft and at sides projecting directly to the pilots helmet? Blind spots that without surveillance and cameras easily becomes weaknesses that rather easily exploited by whoever it might have to met face to face..
that roman temple reflecting on the hull is quite funny...
TIE was iconic! Love the look of them.
There are so many tie fighter variant, I can’t even remember them all
Tie Fighter-basic space superiority fighter for the galactic empire
Tie Bomber-that sucker can handle some pretty different types of ordinance (proton torpedoes, concussion missiles, Magpulse or ion torpedoes, heavy rockets, space bombs, Free falling thermal detonators).
TIE interceptor-it's got four laser guns, and I think it's pretty fast.
TIE defender-I don't know all the details about that one.
TIE Advanced - Vader's TIE, it had Shields and hyperdrive.
There was one other imperial Starfighter but it was not of the TIE line
It was the cygnus space works Star Wing assault gunboat, and that bad boy had lasers ion cannon torpedo launchers, also Shields and a hyper drive.
The music ... so f'ing epic.
The SyFy Zero fighter.
You mean like the WW2 Japanese Mitsubishi A6M “Zero” fighter plane?
Weak but fast and maneuverable.
Whether it’s TIEs or Zeros, skilled pilots learned to dodge enemy fire.
Nice
Thanks
The thing that people keep forgetting about TIE Fighters is that they were designed for customs enforcement and chasing pirates. They were also 15+ years older than the X-wings. So like fighting WWII propeller planes against Vietnam era jets. Also the empire had 72 on each of the 25,000 star destroyers and tens of thousands more on orbital and planetary based while the rebellion never had more than a couple of hundred X-wings and A-wings plus the 20year old Y-Wing bombers.
Say it with me now: TIE "Wings" are heat radiators, NOT "Solar Energy Collectors" - Unless you're flying around in the innermost planets of a star system, you're simply going to be too far from any stars to capture any sort of meaningful power input. Radiator panels make WAY more sense - Have you seen how tiny the TIE's engines are? No wonder they "scream" like that as they fly past, the engines are working double-triple-over-time!! Working the engines so hard is going to produce a ton of waste heat - we see exactly that with the Eta-2 Actis "Jedi Starfighter" - which features a set of radiator panels that fold out when the fighter switches to "combat mode" to off-set the extra strain on the engines.
Just because that makes more sense doesnt mean its true. Just look at any official diagram for the TIE series fighters and they are all solar panels
I would love to know who told you that. Cause no part of what you just said is even close to being valid.
All blueprints of every TIE ever calls them Solar Arrays or Solar Collection Arrays. Who tf told you the garbage you just spouted out??
From "Star Wars: Technical Commentaries" (www.theforce.net/swtc/tie.html#wings)
Technology
Wings & power
TIE-series starships have enormously powerful reactors for their size, as demonstrated by the fighters' potent firepower and dynamic handling in dogfights. Since reactor power is disproportionately great for the size of the craft, the removal and dissipation of waste heat becomes a problem of fundamental importance. TIE engine design makes this particularly problematic, because the outlet nozzles are narrow. Thermal energy from inside the engine is only able to exit through an effective aperture of less than a hundredth of a square metre per engine.
The solution is to add two or more heat panels to the sides of the ship, and to pump the reactors' waste heat into radiator wings. An effective radiator requires a large surface area, but making the wings too extensive would interfere with the pilot's view. The wing configuration of each TIE design, with a given total reactor power, is a compromise between these opposing considerations. Darker surfaces make more effective radiators, hence the predominant charcoal-black tone. For a given wing shape, the effective surface area can be increased by introducing a fine grille texture or some other pattern of lumps or ridges. Even if we ignore the contribution of corrugation, radiators held at only a few hundred degrees (much less than the several thousand degrees of the incandescent engine interiors) may increase the effectiveness of heat removal by thousands of times.
The more powerful the craft, the greater the total wing area should be, assuming that radiator technology remains constant and that the same panel texture is always used. This is the case for designs newer than Lord Vader's TIE. Ships such as the TIE Avenger, Defender and Scimitar appear to follow the wing-area/power rule-of-thumb. However there seems to be a distinction between the flat-wing and bent-wing designs. The flat-winged TIE fighters tend to have greater wing areas for their power; much greater than an Interceptor or Vader's long-range craft. Bent-wing configurations may give a fundamentally better radiator quality, perhaps through some kind of improved heat circulation. Alternatively, there may be no technological advantage, and the high-power small-wing designs may be expected to suffer more obscure technical drawbacks. They may be more fragile or difficult to maintain.
Since most TIEs are intended for the rigours of space combat, there are some tactical design constraints. To help reduce the chances of being hit, a fighter should be shaped to minimise the area visible to an enemy. The most dangerous situation in a dogfight is when the TIE is directly in front of its foe: this happens either when the TIE is being chased, or in a head-to-head attack. With the two ships moving and accelerating in parallel or antiparallel directions, the enemy pilot has maximum time to aim and shoot. Encounters are much briefer when the fighters are at oblique or acute angles to each other. Thus the wings of most TIEs are built so that they face sideways, and they appear only as thin lines when seen from the front, back, above or below.
The bent-wing designs redistribute some of the side surface area to diagonal facings further towards the top and bottom. This makes the craft a smaller target from the side but a larger target from above or below. This may be an advantage if side attacks are more common than vertical attacks, but it's unclear whether or not this should be so. Also, it isn't obvious whether this possible tactical advantage would be the primary reason for bent wings, or merely an incidental benefit.
Apart from the wings, the TIE design is very compact and reduces exposure. Most of the machinery is packed within a cockpit ball and the pylons which support the wings. If the large radiators weren't needed, it is likely that the entire ship would be made spherical.
The compact and enclosed engine design minimises vulnerability to enemy fire. Because the thruster nozzles are no more than a hand-span wide and the drive mechanisms are hidden within the main hull, a TIE would rarely suffer the kind of engine hits which rebel fighters often receive on their stripped-down, oversized and exposed hot-rod sublight drives.
Except on larger TIE craft, the power reactor(s) are usually mounted within the cockpit ball. The exact location is uncertain, but the possibilities are limited since the ball is mostly hollow, and has large windows on several faces. There are two ringlike structures running around the cockpit ball: one above and one below the pilot's level. It has been speculated that these are toroidal fusion reactors. Alternatively, the reactor(s) might be directly beneath the pilot seat, between the engines. Considering the small amount of space available, the reactors of Imperial starfighters must be marvelously compact devices, or else must occupy much of the craft's volume.
Secondary wing functions:
Some sources suggest or assume that the wings of TIE craft are solar power collectors. Unfortunately, this cannot be one of the wings' significant functions. Sunshine and starshine are not sufficient to power the propulsion, weapons or any other major mechanism of any craft which is as potent and dynamic as a TIE-series starship. If the fighter is operating in space near a habitable planet, the sunlight will provide no more than about a kilowatt per square metre. The common TIE has an array area of just over a hundred square metres. At this rate, it would take at least several weeks to accrue enough energy to enter or escape the gravity-well of a planet. The energy requirements for hyperspace jumps, made by the non-combat TIEs and the most advanced fighter models, are much more extreme.
A solar-powered TIE would be at a great disadvantage if it was deployed in the outer reaches of a system or in deep space. At most, any solar power collected through the radiators is supplementary to the onboard reactors. Perhaps it is enough to augment the power to cockpit instrumentation and other peripheral processes. At most, solar power could be used for ignition when the fusion reactors are cold-started. They might barely provide enough power to charge up a small, low-temperature electrode fusion device, which might in turn help to initiate the main reactors. (Of course, this would not be the primary justification and function of the wings, but it might account for the popular perception.)
Various commentators have suggested other secondary functions for the wings. Most of these alternatives are concerned with propulsion:
It has been speculated that the wings serve as electromagnetic devices to further manipulate the engines' ion streams. This theory suggests that the wing area should be concentrated around the stern. However, most TIE wing shapes are balanced in the fore-aft direction, or else are extended forwards rather than backwards.
Another idea is that the wings are gravitic devices which are somehow used to rotate the craft. However this would violate conservation of momentum and angular momentum; if the fighter can spontaneously start turning, it must be exchanging momentum and angular momentum with something else, be it the ion-stream exhaust or its deflector shields. Most TIEs lack shields, and the exhaust is already well manipulated by the thrust nozzles.
Another idea is that the dark areas are exhaust grills for waste gases, but it is hard to see why such a large area would be needed for this kind of process. The true functions of the TIE wings must be area-dependent.
It has been suggested that the wing spokes may fire propellant to assist manoeuvring, but they appear to be structural, show no sign of nozzles at their tips, and this theory can't explain why the intermediate dark areas would be needed anyway.
As part of the radiator function, the spokes probably serve as conduits for some kind of coolant. Hot coolant will be moved from the reactors and engines, through the wing pylons, along the spokes, through the radiator panels, and back through different spokes to the pylons and the ships' core systems again. We need not know the precise physical and chemical nature of this coolant, only that there is a coolant of some kind. If TIE wings do play a role in manoeuvring the craft, it is probably via some method of temporary braking acting on the circulating coolant (assuming that the coolant is ordinary matter with mass).
One more suggestion is that the wings are shield generators. However most TIEs struck by laser cannon fire do not behave as if they are shielded. Furthermore, there is the significant fact that many classes of ships known to carry shield generators (eg. X-wings, Y-wings and star destroyers) do not also have features resembling TIE wings.
@@paris5663 That would be Dr. Curtis Saxton, author of 2 of the "Incredible Cross-Sections" books, with a doctorate in astrophysics from the University of Sydney. starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Curtis_Saxton
That was cool video bro.I love star wars.....
That was badass!
Off topic a little bit, but rumor was the snowspeeder in ESB, were old Y-wings the Rebellion disassembled and McGyvered when they landed on Hoth.
Would love a vid on snow speeders
Impressive, most impressive.
I always felt the solar panel wings were just dumb since the days of the old X-Wing game. They would never make enough power to run a fighter. They should instead be heat radiators to release excess heat from the lasers and engines, that would make more sense. It should have it's own built-in power source (probably fuel cells or something). The Fuel Tanks seem really small for the Tie Fighter too, and it will need propellant tanks for the Ion engines, but eh, it's Star Wars. Thanks for showing the design!
The panels on a tie fighter could be plates for a casimir effect zero point energy process.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect
isn't those panels shields? When I play TIE fighter collector edition I have to set power to shield ratio. Solar panels? How efficient is the conversion when most stars are long way away from the positions of the battles, unless they pick the battleground close to a sun...
@@barackclinton568 thing is, the Casimir effect is even smaller then if you'd used modern-day calculator PV panels, let alone high-grade silicon cells used in spacecraft where weight is more important than cost.
the video (and other media) indicates they do double duty as both emissive radiator and solar collector. the reactors in the middle of each wing probably tap the fuel reserve for power in some way to suplement. they don't have a ton of power, though, pilot has to wear a full space suit...
@@DFX2KX maybe a kasimir effect more powerful than we know of today.
As a former TIE pilot, let me tell you... WE CAN'T SEE SHIT OUTTA THIS FRIGGIN THING!!
I swear i just love this video,and thank you verry much.,im in my smoking break from building a Tie Outlander from Revel level 3,verry helpfull right now!^_^
Thanks for watching.
The Princess looked brutal in that clip......
ah yes, the good old tie fighter.
I flew one back in the 90's. not super fast but highly manoeuvrable. those twin laser canons were weak but fired at a fairly good rate.
however with no shields it was a bad idea to be in front of any enemy let alone taking on anything with turrets. best leave the larger ships for the bombers.
ya know, not to name drop or anything but i flew in a wing with darth vader once.
No doubt you were a fan of the Tie Fighter pc game. One of the best games ever. I still play it on a DOS emulator. Never gets old.
I got great respect for these bad boys 👍
I love your videos man! Keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
Tie go SCREEEEE
One of the most iconic yet unpractical star fighter designs of all times. So many design features that make little sense.
But the animation is cool and well done as always.
Yeah. I was kind of surprised it used solar power, it's an eco friendly starship, how ironic.
@@Halfscreen Isn't it? Also, the engines are WAAAYYY undersized for such a craft, especially when compared to the rest of the starfighter models.
And the huge, non-folding solar panels would make it an absolute nightmare to maneuver in atmosphere. Not to mention that they'll only work when there's an actual sun in operational range, being dead weight otherwise. And literally no other space ship in Star Wars having solar panels except this one.
But hey, at least it looks interesting when seen through an aiming reticle, right?
Though without those huge solar flaps, the small ball-shape of the TIE would actually make it quite hard to hit.
@@axelhopfinger533 LOL, the engines are definitely too small and the solar power wings don't make any sense since, under battle conditions, they may not be even close to a star. Maybe they need to upgrade to Tesla batteries. 😁
Next one should be the Tie Bomber.
Does the main viewport rotate? It always looks different from the inside.
From my understanding, no.
Thank you
You're welcome
For anyone playin simple rockets this is Awesome
Brilliant
It would make sense if the TIE series utilized exterior cameras connected to the pilot's HUD ala the F35, so the cockpit blind spots wouldn't matter
It´s so beautiful. Long live the empire.
The tie defender looks the silliest of all
The Tie Fighters design exhibits a minimal profile from the front and aft-which means enemy fire has less chance to hit a Tie Fighter.
I had no idea that a Tie Fighter had a gas tank! For some reasons it sounds funny!
Just amazing! Keep it up brother:)
Thank you! Will do!
I remember this exchange between twins Jacen and Jaina Solo from a pre-Disney paperback sequel to the original Star Wars trilogy.
Jacen: "Why do TIE fighters make that moaning sound?"
Jaina starts to give a long-winded, technical explanation of how the twin ion engines produce that sound.
Jacen: "No, it's because they miss their mother ship!"
My thoughts... is that the tie-fighter would be a more realistic version of what we Could make Today, compared to the X-Wing.
Superb animation
Impressive. Most impressive.
Honestly the TIE fighter design is ok if it followed normal physics since star war physics is well non existent, just look at the bombers scene from the last Jedi. the wings are not that bad but they severely limit visibility, heck why even need wings in space, just slap on a up sized fuel tank and remove the wings, you got yourself an good space fighter as it is compact,and pretty adaptable
It's might be possible that the TIE fighter wing design can be invisible during a dog fight, but it wasn't never mentioned.
every video is a visible improvement :D
I hope you blow up soon enough!
I hope so too!
I love these animations! you should do the Acclimator class transport ship!
Tie fighter is my favorite :)
Tie fighter had two hell- of-a-blind-spots... How'd they see anything on either sides?
I love the Gozanti
Very informative.
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The Bo-Tie Fighters do to their design.. Funny how I just realized that after all these years😃
Another awesome video, thank you
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it is powered by solar energy, it has not shields, no pilot life support systems, no ejection cockpit, limited energy subsistems, the galactic empire is saving every niquel up for a galactic threatening super weapon... Although this star craft is very powerfull and agile, the pilot can manually and quickly distribute energy between weapons or engines, a skilled pilot can even use an emegency energy redirection to maximize the power where he needs it at the moment, giving them incomparable agility and speed, or monstrous damage, with the disadvantage of disabling the blaster cannons or the Ion engines respectively.
Really helpful!!
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