Who shot JR U-Wing?
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For being part of some of the better ground combat scenes in any Star Wars property ever, the U-Wing is... really not optimized for the role that it seems predominantly used for, which is... well, Star Wars for you.
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"Huey's don't fly, they beat the air into submission."
@bobsterclause342
21 күн бұрын
Its funny how hyperdrives makes you have the range of an aircraft carrier
@Iskelderon
21 күн бұрын
Wait until he finds out about the Phantom, proof that anything can fly as long as you ram powerful enough engines up its ass.
@johncunningham4820
21 күн бұрын
@@Iskelderon . F -104 was the ultimate iteration of that .
@Iskelderon
21 күн бұрын
@@johncunningham4820 Unfortunately the 104 also achieved posing more of a threat to its own crew than the enemy ever would.
@warhorse03826
21 күн бұрын
no helicopters actually fly. the earth is repulsed by their ugliness.
"Space Shuttle door gunner" let that mental image sink in
@bobsterclause342
21 күн бұрын
They made a space gun, and honestly, person attatched wouldnt probably do much at those ranges. We are talking about microscoping presision needed to hit things that curve around the world i gues in three dimentions left right but curving up down, at miles away or perhaps on the other side of the plant, with velocoties and when and where each object would end up at a cetain point if each object has a certan speed and direction and then how different curved diagonals with different speeds interest at a certain spot. The only thing is ai safety and maybe teaching people concepts by making them gunners so you have an army or population that understands orbital mechanics more than just math
@DreamersNights
21 күн бұрын
makes me think of that firefly episode where they put the helmet on Jane's rifle so it could shoot in a vacuum in the bay door.
@torinnbalasar6774
21 күн бұрын
@@DreamersNights the hilarious part about that and knowing the basics of most firearm designs is that it implies that his rifle was probably hilariously poorly made. Expanding gas through a tube without backblast already strongly prefers a half-decent seel, the actual explodey bit is already sealed and doesn't really use an external source of oxygen, and the physics of the gas is unlikely to change too drastically from a 1 atm change in the pressure differential. Tbf, hard vacuum can be pretty hard on moving metal parts, but that's probably only a reliability concern after the first shot, which putting the gun inside a spacesuit it ruptures when firing doesn't solve.
@DreamersNights
21 күн бұрын
@@torinnbalasar6774 I loved that show. What did he name that gun?
@torinnbalasar6774
21 күн бұрын
@@DreamersNights it has been years since I've seen it, had to look it up to remember Vera's name.
It's just begging for a chin-mounted rapid blaster on a flexible mount (like an Apache) though, isn't it?
@colekenney2965
20 күн бұрын
Arguably the 30mm in an apache isnt that rapid. But the explosive radius means that dont matter
@earlware4322
19 күн бұрын
Ideal placement for a gatling-style, dual blaster cannon. That way it could provide cover for disembarking troops as well as strafing runs on land based targets.
@thatorangeguy3646
18 күн бұрын
@@colekenney2965 id call it "not slow"
"According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a Huey should be able to fly. Its rotors are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The Huey, of course, flies anyways. Because Hueys don't care what Sikorsky Helicopters thinks is impossible..."
@andorfedra
21 күн бұрын
when you think the Huey is impossible, just remember: the Bumblebee exists, it flies, and it has no reason to be able save for tha fact that it does.
@PromptCriticalJello
20 күн бұрын
Physicists say 'rocks don't fly.' Engineers reply 'bigger engines.'
@boobah5643
18 күн бұрын
@@andorfedra They figured out bumblebee aerodynamics a couple decades back.
As for the extra person in the cockpit: there are a lot of good things to be said about separating the role of "pilot" from "dealing with all those people in the back". Now you have one sophont in command of the entire vehicle, capable of actually coordinating the door gunner with whoever you are picking up and dropping off, rather than splitting that job with engaging with front guns and getting where you need to go.
@bobsterclause342
21 күн бұрын
That is a good point. You have actual rebels and actual revolutionaries litterally next to eachother in a not actual, rebel, alliance. Rebels and revolutionaries dont mix and they want to be rebels in a non rebel orginization. Then you have the criminals they use, smuglers, and perhaps java the hhut kind, mercenaries, bounty hunters.
@rabureta
20 күн бұрын
Absolutely. I'd argue that the U-Wing isn't a pure Huey, but a Huey/AC-130 hybrid, and the AC-130 has a crew of seven.
Windows on bottom of cockpit allows pilot to localize friendly units when empire is jamming scanning signals.
@MonkeyJedi99
21 күн бұрын
Just like transport helicopters (UH-1 and Blackhawk come to mind) have those windows to help find a usable unimproved landing or hover location as a visual "altimeter" screen.
@DreamersNights
21 күн бұрын
No, they snap together like leggos. It's to help them line up. It has no practical purpose, but at least those wings look cooler when you have like three of them stuck together.
"Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the V.P. is such a V.I.P., shouldn't we keep the P.C. on the Q.T.? 'Cause if it leaks to the V.C. he could end up M.I.A., and then we'd all be put out in K.P"
@philipyates3194
21 күн бұрын
G.M.VN
@bobsterclause342
21 күн бұрын
Um Can you define all terms? V.p P.c Q.t. V.c. K.p.
@christophermitchell7001
21 күн бұрын
@@bobsterclause342 Sure,... your vice president is second executive of the US government behind the POTUS, and they, being very important people, often get S.T. from underlings. Especially when talking to the press at a conference depending on the M.A or MDC. But sometimes things need to be secret and kept quiet, like TS//NF, which is why Cronauer doesn't want to tell the Viet Cong about the visit and worries that Humphrey will go missing in action. If that happens he may have R.I.P duty and get stuck in the kitchen as "smoke" : YGI.
@carloshenriquezimmer7543
21 күн бұрын
"And the N.C.O. will make us clean the W.C."
@helline9
21 күн бұрын
love the 'Gooooooooooooood morning Vietnam' reference! :D
On the down-facing canopy Xwing doesn't need it because it's only landing in controlled spaces. U-wing may have to put down in very restricted space, quickly, under fire, so the more you can see the better.
@tenchraven
21 күн бұрын
Also, the X-wing has an astromech who is watching all kinds of sensors and basically has 360 by 360 visibility.
@PromptCriticalJello
20 күн бұрын
Wait, Luke landed just fine on Dagobah without a spaceport/landing strip and no foot window. He walked away from it so it was a good landing. right? ;)
@jchoneandonly
20 күн бұрын
Cameras can make up for that
Of course, the primary reason for the s-foils to fold out like that is because the toy has to have some kind of action feature.
My guess as to why it’s so under-armed is because it was never meant to be a warship. The UT-60D is a upgunned version of BT-45D which had no weapons, possibly no shields (the wiki was vague with “no military applications”), and no hyperdrive. It probably doesn’t have the sensors, processing, or even energy to use more weapons with everyth8ng else added. The co-pilot is probably a coms/navigator to help to figure out which flight path isn’t taken and what landing pad is opened while the pilot focuses on not crashing the tub with a wingspan 3 times wider than the body on BOTH sides. On the combat version the co-pilot’s job is probably handling the more finicky parts like shield facings, power distribution, sensors, and in the Squadrons version the person who handles all the support gear.
Huey's only need one meat bag to fly, but usually have two.
Who shot JR Ewing? Hey, I get that reference! Oh man, now I feel old!
@darwinskeeper421
21 күн бұрын
I got it too, we're both old.
@arrgylerawrgyle3784
21 күн бұрын
I heard it was Maggie Simpson!
@PromptCriticalJello
20 күн бұрын
It was all a dream.
@hairybubbles127
20 күн бұрын
Now I do, too.
I’d say the bottom window is there for hot landings where you just want to drop and go and need a direct view of the landing zone.
17:50 increasing the shield envelope is worse than just decreasing shield thickness, you're adding to your hit box which means statistically more hits will at the very least hit your shield if not the body.
The Shipyard really must be outside conventional spacetime to pull off a _Dallas_ reference in _this_ Earth-century. Also... "I shot JR - he stole my Coke!"
@mattlewandowski73
16 күн бұрын
or he knows his core audience is not entirely made up of the millennials and later targeted by most channels.
All of these are valid gripes, but can we talk about the elephant in the empennage? This vessel, which Incom built with (allegedly) four motors, can't safely land with even one of them offline. For a multi-engine utility craft, that is a less than ideal setup.
@boobah5643
18 күн бұрын
Especially for one that's supposed to operate in close proximity to the enemy.
The A/SF-01 B-Wing was a bomber and originally designed as a blockade buster. It also had enough firepower to destroy capital ships. The prototype of the B-Wing was also the B6 Blade Wing starfighter. (Pages 34-46, Rebel Starfighters Owner's Workshop Manual) The UT-60D U-Wing waa also designed to be a courier/sentry transport platform but was quickly changed to become a troop transport and gunship. 15:30 the second pilot was supposed to provide cover fire during landings via the M-45 Repeating Ion Blaster. (Same book, pages 67-79) I also agree with you on S-Foils too.
so lore wise the only reason why the side gunner took out the atact is because of the weights they carry they have repulsers lifts in the legs to lighten the stress put on the coponents, and the ion balsters basicly disabled that so the full weight drops on the knees taking them out
As far as transport helicopters, there was the Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw that flew first in 1949 and was running combat troops on missions in Korea in 1951. The Huey was remarkable because it used a jet engine to power the rotor shaft rather than pistons.
The U wing can look more like a Y, then a Y-wing when unfolded.
That door gunner with an m-60 tells you just what this thing is supposed to be.
For the B-wing, the B is for Blade.
@Ptaaruonn
21 күн бұрын
Had to scroll a lot to see this, thank you.
@russellharrell2747
21 күн бұрын
I still commented on this anyway, because I didn’t scroll enough and it is worth repeating.
I'd rather have a variant of the Laat gunship called the MAAT. Space flight, hyperdrive and more armor and weapons.
@HolyknightVader999
21 күн бұрын
The Rebellion and the Republic used that kn Battlefront 2 classic.
@stevenclark2188
21 күн бұрын
That's basically the Nu class.
@barrybend7189
21 күн бұрын
@@stevenclark2188 this version is more bring the firepower without sacrificing it's deployment capabilities. Built for more independent actions as assault transports.
@davispeterson1876
21 күн бұрын
I mean, there is a Multi-Altitude Assault Transport (MAAT) in the lore. Doesn't have a hyperdrive though. Basically just an LAAT with better exoatmospheric performance. The Empire did have the Sentinel-class landing craft; basically a significantly bulked-up dropship/gunship version of the Lambda-class, with a significantly wider central hull to accommodate the vastly expanded troop bay, 25% heavier armor, way more guns, and improved sublight engines to keep it from being a total whale with all that extra weight
@diamond_tango
19 күн бұрын
Multiple environment attack transport The MEAT
On the issue with the windows at the pilot's feet, it allows the pilot and co-pilot a chance to examine a landing zone visually, a under rated but very important feature in a world where sensor jamming exists. On the S-Foils, I'm going with the idea that these are actually supposed to be airfoils and provide lift once in atmosphere, the problem being that Star Wars pilots are totally unused to this method of flying, and thus they see it as a causing issues with handling. Maybe the idea was that the door gunner system could use so much power that the vehicle needed additional lift assistance or so they could divert engine power to the weapon systems. The second pilot is there to actually manage the craft, he's keeping track of all the power systems and manning the communication and sensor array so the pilot can focus on actually flying the craft.
@BoraHorzaGobuchul
21 күн бұрын
Guess they didn't come up with glass cockpit idea in SW...
Honestly the best combat shuttles in Star Wars are classified as cargo ships. And they suck as cargo ships.
@oscarphillips3654
20 күн бұрын
well I mean technically speaking delivering an assault team to a location could be considered a cargo run if you squint hard enough.
I did not notice the U-wing when I watched Rogue One. When I saw the video game I finally notice. The thing that really got me thinking was the U-wings future. What would the U-wing be like updated in the Mandolarian era? My first idea was to extend the main body length not quite equal to the S-foils' length. Make it wide enough to accommodate proper airlocks and collapsible cabins. 5 cabin to house 5 crewmembers. Pilot, Co pilot, 2 gunners and a engineer. 4 cabins forward of the airlocks and next to the powerplant. Instead of the Incom engines it will have 2 Novaldex sublight engines. Also, yes the S-foils will split them in half. This Mandolarian era U-wing will have the same hanger footprint as the original because the S-foil will fold vertically and be able to lift to clear the airlocks on both side. Until I saw this video I thought just adding a dorsal weapon turret on top of the engine would make it a done deal. Now I have second thought. Thank you for giving the truth to use straight. I did have rose colored glasses on when I look at the U-wing. I will give this much more thought. How would you update the U-wing for a new era?
@boobah5643
18 күн бұрын
At the very least, the U-wing makes more sense for a bounty hunter than the N1...
The B-wing is called that because it's called the 'Blade' wing by it designer.
My favourite Star Wars hot zone troop drop ship is the Sentinel Assault Shuttle.
There was a version of the Lambda Class shuttle called the Imperial Landing Craft, which kept the Imperial aesthetic, and it was "heavily armed and armored to enter combat" per the original Star Wars essential guide to vehicles and vessels. It came equipped with three dedicated gunners for a variety of weapons including missile launchers.
jr u-wing lol yes, i'm old.
12:40 i'm realizing just how f*cking cool this guy was.
The bottom windows may be something like what was used in the Blackburn buccaneer. It was a low tec way to get REAL close to the ground in flight
Shipyard worker reporting for duty!
One of my favorite thing about the U-Wing is that it does not have off-bore thrust lines. Some smaller ships and MANY larger ships would have to have the majority of their mass off-center to let the thrust lines from the drives make even a lick of sense. Looking at YOU, Nebulon-B! - edit: Oh, BTW. Incom Corporation is headquartered in Charlton MA, under the supposed business description of making specialized optical glass products.
The B-wing can actually make a lowercase "b" shape when viewed from the side though it is as much lowercase b-wing as it is p, q, and d-wing.
16:40 ok in the defense of the U wing wings they do have a good reason for the way they are. In long distance flight they sweep back to shunt heat away from the engines. When in foreword position they can reinforce the main body shields and add a protection layer to the troops disembarking. However these features are only on the military versions the civilian models lack this feature as well as a hyperdrive and 2 engines. What you say is true but the cutaway book has the better explanation than the one in the other source books.
9:05 you used the infamous backwards bullet marketing materials! Awesome!
The "B" in B-Wing stands for BLADE, because the ship's shape looks like a dagger. It doesn't fit with the rest of the ships, like X-Wing, Y-Wing & U-Wing, which makes me wonder if the Verpine had a part in naming the ship.
“It’s called b wing because it looks like the blade of a dagger “ -some stormtrooper-
The second pilot is likely also functioning as a crew chief, like what you see on any US military helicopter that transports troops. You can technically fly it with one dude, but you don’t do that if you’re transporting guys.
that title hit me straight in the few bits of the 80s I remember...
As you cheerfully pointed out, that rear compartment can be tricked out in a dazzling variety of ways. I would surmise the second cockpit seat is for the payload specialist, you know, the sentient that knows how to work the thing a ma bob in the back. And that lower window is obviously for coolness, because if your looking out the window your not flying it correctly.
Much like actual world helicopters, two pilots are typical because it can reduce the work load on a single pilot, one pilot can control the vehicle the other can monitor crucial systems, direct internal crew, command direction, and keep an eye out for threats a distracted pilot can’t see. Windows on the floor are also good for landing in tight spots. Look at the UH-1, the Black Hawk, the chanook and other transport helicopters. It’s too give the pilots ground reference when flying better than an altimeter. Just like a tank. More crew isn’t always a bad thing. A loader isn’t just a muscle man who know how to load the gun he is trained to service it to. Just cause a commander can aim and shoot said main gun doesn’t mean he should. He has a gunner whose job it is to run that. Work load is critical to disperse in combat.
A small tidbit about the mounted ion cannon taking out the AT-ACT: it is canon that the legs contain repulsor generators to help support the loads they carry. By using the ion cannons they disable the repulsors and the full weight falls on that knee, which buckles it causing the AT-ACT to collapse.
B- wing fighter "mini death star" was so broken they had to nerf it into a bomber
Re: forward lower window: You wanna see where you're landing, when you're landing troops. My beloved -60s, and those abortion -47s, and probly everything else used for inserts in odd terrain, need to have a look at the ground as they come in. Re: 2 pilots: 1 flies, one manages. We only saw them used in a small op. Real world multi-ship ops get real complicated, real quick. You need 2 dudes up there handling everything. Plus, you want 2, that way someone can still fly if one catches a random round.
In a Galaxy far, far, away there were flying minivans. ( enter the U-wing )
I assume it has a co-pilot because Huey's have a co-pilot. Though it does make sense to at least have another chair up-front in case you need an operator for equipment that fills "passenger compartment", whether it might be an EW suite, bombs/missiles, super-sensor array, or whatever. It gives additional flexibility to what does appear to be a craft that's all about flexibility.
They work, until it's foggy and they don't.
*waves hand* "You don't need to know about the co-pilot or s-foils" - probably the creator of the U-Wing.
The B in B-wing stands for Beat down
AH! The infamous H&K "Backwards Ammo" Ad.
So, as an aerospace engineer and a former Marine, although i would counter your assessment of why two bodies in the craft with the concept of redundancy. I Would agree with your comments on the swept back wing designs. Although the idea of the swept back wing is fantastic for the stability of super/hypersonic flight, in this case the lift generated by the wings in its current configurations without any compensating forces would cause this craft to become the Long Long Time ago's best fidget spinner in atmosphere. Thank you for everything you do as always and i expect a discount the next occasion I dock with the station.
@garrettmastantuono8043
21 күн бұрын
Also, as a former ground trooper, some pintle mounted weaponry would be appreciated in my drop ship. Thank you for your consideration.
a lot of Soviet helicopters had a window on the bottom of the cabin, as do Super-Pumas though the first group always carry some form of firing setup for ground strafing, and the second use that window to aid with visual navigation... I do imagine though, in a combat situation, a lot of pilots do get their balls shot off because of that weakness.
In stoner voice: You, like, can't be all Capitalist with the B Wing man. Ya gotta, like, look from the top down and think, like, like an Uncapitalist. Can't be stuck in those big letters maaan. Ya gotta think of the little ones too.
Dude, there was an episode series in Rebels about the "b-Wing" which in prototype was called the Bladewing, which was shortened to B- Wing.
@BoraHorzaGobuchul
21 күн бұрын
Which appears maybe somewhat logical (though not really) but breaks the naming scheme
@TheMegamaster44
21 күн бұрын
and that good sir is a retcon
@70briareos
21 күн бұрын
@@TheMegamaster44 - That was not a retcon. Us older Star Wars fans knew that B-Wing was short for Bladewing since Return Of The Jedi back in '83.
@JonnyPhive
21 күн бұрын
@@70briareos this ☝️I had the toy when I was a kid. Also it was supposed to have a lot more screen time too in the final battle but it's narrow profile proved difficult to matte out against the blue screen with technology of the time. So we didn't really get to see it in action till rebels.
@boobah5643
18 күн бұрын
@@70briareos Sure. Because if you're naming your merch and have the options of using either 'Bladewing' or 'B-wing' which do you use? Because it's from the merch packaging that everyone picked up the name.
The U-Wing also sounds nice and adaptable. Just shove different kits in the back and you're golden. Do remember to bring backup if you get into a fight though...
The diplomat pops out, & somehow he's the hero. 😂
It’s called a B-wing because when its wings are out it looks like a blade, even though it couldn’t be more T shaped
I heard ones a explanation for the name of the B-Wing is that it looks like a Blade.
the problem with the U Wing is that it doesnt have the maneuverability to be a dogfighter, the armament to run CAS, or the capacity to be a dedicated troop transport
The B-Wing looks like a lower-case "b" when it's s-foils are in flight-mode
So the U-Wing is the Bradley Fighting Vehicle of the Spaceship world.
Hey dockmaster I believe I need to schedule with you some reserved spots in the dock. I have a small fleet of about 30-35 cargo transport ships meant for heavy equipment that need to be repaired and refueled about one earth week from now. They shouldn’t need to be docked for more than two earth days and my teams should be able to handle most of the repairs. Do you have the spaces available for around that time?
The LAAT-Is had pod gunners during the early days of the clone wars, which is kind of like a door gunner. They removed them later tho to expand the troop bay and because pod gunners died a lot
But one time playing Rebellion, I had a couple Star Destroyers jump into my remote Rebel base. My remote base w/ SIX squadrons of B-Wings. Those Star Destroyers got a spanking and only one got to go home. So don’t be diss’n my B-Wings.
Re: copilot rant. I mean, the Huey has a copilot seat, too.
Dropship. The term you're looking for, is Dropship
The U-wing is just a flying APC. It can shoot a bit at people, but its job is 'foot soldiers, get there, then we're out!'. While it could probably use light rotating cannons to make things to its left and right and rear a bit more scared of it, its job is not to shoot things down its to deliver people
‘B’ as in ‘blade’. It’s supposed to look like a dagger or something. The real reason is that the ships were just listed as A and B in production.
My favorite SW mini van is still the Corona class transport. Unfortunately barely anyone seems to know about it.
Incom is the KelTec of Star Wars aerospace development. They have some the most creative engineers of any firm in the business. Not necessarily the _best,_ but definitely the most creative.
The Star Wars universe runs on the Rule of Alleged Cool, not on the Rule of Boring But Practical (which is what the Dock Master runs).
I always love your opening intro.
Sentinel Landing Craft
You see, it's like this: The tech guys by a few beers for the design guys. In return for the beers, the design guys make the engineering guys as miserable as the engineering guys make the tech guys. That way either everybody is happy, or, at least, equally miserable, which is good enough... most of the time.
I know it’s probably not cannon but I always saw the UWing as a civilian craft turned into a military vessel. I could see police forces or even shipping. I bet the rebellion picked it up under the guise as humanitarian mission ship
SPACE BADGER FEELS NOTHING BUT RECOIL
Shoulda used the chin window for a pintle-mount and dedicated gunner. Or just a turret mount and have the co-pilot able to control it.
Loved that fake out end title before flipping your circuits
@MonkeyJedi99
21 күн бұрын
The purpose of the variable geometry s-foils is a fetish. Much like the spoiler on a car that won't go fast enough to need the aerodynamic assistance or the tail fins on cars in the 1950's and 60's, it's "cool".
@deaconvelos8352
21 күн бұрын
@@MonkeyJedi99 your reply has nothing to do with my comment, stop being drunk
@MonkeyJedi99
21 күн бұрын
@@deaconvelos8352 1) The dockmaster's 'flip-out' was EXACTLY about the variable geometry. 2) I have not had alcohol since around 1989. And before you ask, I have also never taken any medication except as directed and for the use on the label. I barely even take Tylenol more than 1-3 times a year.
fun fact legends has a T-wing
the hyperspace equipped gunship type craft you want are the Nu class and the Rho class shuttles.
I was just thinking it would actually make more sense for the wings to tilt downward on the long axis to maybe 45deg. That way when doing a combat drop, the pilot visibility is improved off the sides, and they would also provide additional cover for the troops disembarking. Presumably the lower window is supposed to help getting on the ground or low hover asap during drops too. And yeah, I'm with everybody else, I want to see a full snake variant 🤘
Not only will the shield be weaker, it will be easier to hit too
Gets the wings out of the way of the door gunners when going into land 😛
@SacredCowShipyards
19 күн бұрын
Ironically the wings are folded when landing.
I always assumed the foils had something to do with functioning within an atmosphere, the only time the foils were deployed in Rouge One was while it was in atmosphere.
SCS: Why the fornication are the wings so weird? Me: Because some graphic artist thought it would look kewl. Also, I totally get the "Why are they using Greek letters, thing." Again. the writer thought it was kewl.
It's interesting. Now that the comparison has been made, I start to see many, many more connections. Some of the layout, like the copter like forward panels under the nose. And: U-Wing -> UH-1 -> Huey. I think that was more of a correlation than I had expected.
5:40 makes me wonder if they made any hyperdrive jump-rings for the LAAT's like the Jedi fighters had
Once again they should have just made a space-worthy LA-AT.
@Beanie28
21 күн бұрын
They did, then stopped using it
19:00 well it does shove the center of lift and mass farther back so it would definitely change the dynamics but I don't think they can get much worse.
re the 2nd pilot: tbf, the Huey has one as well, as well as every other cargo heli. So if this is suppsed to be a space-Huey...
It's a huey with two 8" guns on thoe nose.
That pun....
what does the co-pilot do on a Huey ? .. communications, checklists, navigation, assist pilot with systems/switches, second set of eyes
The closest Earth analog I can think of to the U-Wing is an Mi-24. It has many of the same features of a Huey (clunky, light passenger / cargo capacity), but with heavy firepower integrated into its design.
The lego set is really neat!
I would argue the U-Wing is more a Blackhawk/Osprey... especially Osprey because of the transforming wings and long range. Looking at them, though, the Osprey looks like a Blackhawk airplane anyway.
I clicked because of the " Dallas " title reference not unhappy with the result
The B stands for Blade. Or so says the guy who developed it, when he ends up giving it to Hera Syndulla in rebels
@SacredCowShipyards
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That's even sillier, since it's the only one with an acronym.
@boobah5643
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@@SacredCowShipyards Well, and it means the 'explanation' showed up decades after the craft was named.