Long-lost 1977 Star Wars X-Wing prop discovered – lock s-foils in bid position A long-lost model of an X-Wing Fighter used in the climactic Death Star battle sequence of 1977's Star Wars has been discovered – and it's for sale if you have a spare $400,000 (£320K) to meet the opening bid. The model believed to be the formerly missing X-Wing is hitting the auction block as part of the collection of late …
It's a distinction that needs to be made. Flesh Gordon started out as a hardcore porn parody and some of the softer footage remains in the final cut. But somewhere along the line they decided they could raise a bit of money for real SFX, a better script and people who could act with their clothes on, and a cult classic was born. The Monster was a particularly good piece of stop motion animation, and it was voiced by Craig T Nelson of all people - Mr Incredible himself.
The thing that blows most people's minds in this modern era, though, is that Flesh Gordon wasn't made in response to the 1981 Flash Gordon movie. It was made in 1974 and it was all their own idea.
Dr FJ "Fortunately I was able to complete the design before the sex-ray took effect (*As you can see it had absolutely no bearing on the design)"
Classic movie so many great lines, most of which I can't post as I'd have that Google search going through works firewall.
*I think thats one of the next lines.
Mostly because of the orange racing stripes that matched Luke’s “blu-blocker” tinted visor. But there’s a reason they don’t make biplanes any more: too much drag. Plus, I mean come on, where’s the control surfaces? Not even a propeller?
The only “model” I remember seeing in Close Encounters was made out of a big tub of mashed potatoes by a slightly manic Dreyfuss. No way anybody hung onto that.
Not even a propeller ?
it has 4 turbo-reactors at the root of each wing. Though they'd be as useful as propellers for a space-craft. What's more concerning is the center of gravity, which is very obviously way too far front, that thing wouldn't fly. Unless you put a – transparent – canard at the nose, then may-be.
well, yes, there is gravity in space. What there isn't is aerodynamic forces on the wings. But X-fighters also fly in the atmosphere, and there the aerodynamic balance is important. In this case, the CG would be too much forward, therefore too stable, and not unstable as modern fighter jets : R2D2 wouldn't be of any help
Thank-you, I wasn't aware of this repulsorlift development. Explains a lot, of course. Did they develop it in-house, or did they steal it from the Empire ? Though I still maintain that the huge surfaces of the 4 wings would produce some aerodynamic forces that need to be balanced. And since these wings don't have any purpose in space, it's not quite clear why have them in the first place. Apart from the scientific fact that they look über-cool.
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