Know Your Plane #1 | X-02 Wyvern (Ace Combat)

The X-02 Wyvern is one of the most iconic and popular aircraft from the Ace Combat series and because of its importance to the franchise I decided to feature it first in the Know Your Plane series.
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Notes for this episode:
• Other weapons from Ace Combat Joint Assault not included due to the unique weapon system in the game.
• The Erusian and ISAF borders in the Strangereal map are not official.
• There were both piston and turboprop variants of the Westland Wyvern.
Sources:
• acecombat.wikia.com
• Aces at War by Project Aces
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[@Booyea141]

Imagine the wyvern having QAAM missiles in Ace Combat 7 multiplayer, This thought scares me.

[@kendicus7640]

So the QAAM j Is the reason why people choose F-22 for multiplayer? But tbh, that thing is pretty effective against Mihaly

[@Booyea141]

Eyup, and also cus the raptor is the most maneuverable out of the QAAM missile holders.

[@nova1726]

Booyea141 **sad ADF-11F Sounds**

[@rubenlopez3364]

@@Booyea141 Su-47 outperforms the F-22

[@starshipveil]

Mocks in SU 35S with psm

[@LtViper]

I wish the Wyvern was a carrier capable aircraft in AC7, would've loved to launch off the admiral Andersons catapults

[@herbo3437]

Isnt that why its the strike wyvern variant? Strike wyvern is a naval version of the regular one

[@mrandrossguy9871]

They Both are Naval

[@Myuutsuu85]

@@mrandrossguy9871 That's a translation error of the text. The X-02S has no carrier launch capabilities. Meaning, it can't use catapults and such.

[@Myuutsuu85]

@@herbo3437 The english description had been translated wrongly. In the original there is no mention of any carrier launch capabilities.

[@UFO721]

The Strike Wyvern was build for the Air Force

[@fusioncell7669]

Didn't a X-02 fly alongside a ADF-01 Falken and a ADFX-01 Morgan over November International Stadium in its first airshow since the Circum-Pacific War?

[@AceCombatFan]

Yep it did! Just didn't include that because it's a minor detail

[@betelguse16]

RIP Alan H. Davenport :(

[@phodon129]

>Sees footage of Yukikaze Now that's a man of good taste right there.

[@Rigel_6]

Am I the only one who pronounces the name "X-oh-two"?

[@Reymaster61]

Rigel_6 nah i say it like that as well

[@Areku2021]

Ditto.

[@Wilker_uwu]

xis-zérô-dois

[@calamitousenigma9052]

yep

[@claresaprama499]

YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE

[@Duck360Gaming]

know ur plane: MTD ACI Horror for everyone 😂

[@xenomorphproductions2295]

You know. I always loved fighting the MTD in my F18 I found most people in-capable of taking me down. But *GOOD* MTD players could easily give me a run for my money and more often than not downed me.

[@hello-hb1ll]

Do you mean that plane that looks like a pirated F-22?

[@AbrahamArthemius]

@@hello-hb1ll Isn't MTD refers to F-15 MTD?

[@hello-hb1ll]

@@AbrahamArthemius true, i was thinking about the ATD

[@seanwalters1977]

Funny, never knew the Ace Combat world was just Earth's continents rearranged lol

[@theprincipalityofbelka4646]

Except for Greenland its just vibin

[@Phagnabotwashere]

@@theprincipalityofbelka4646 Just vibin' right above Osea

[@FarmYardGaming]

Mind you, with how Sapin is Spain rearranged that doesn't surprise me

[@johniandy2108]

One fact for the X-02 Wyvern: The X-02 Wyvern's design is similar to the Su-57 PAK FA if the wings isn't forward swept & its tail wings doesn't rise.

[@drumrollplease631]

It actually is. Awesome.

[@falsecatalyst3936]

It's a weird mix of the su57 and the YF23 concept, looks damn nice though

[@divecolosio4988]

And it's way before the PAK-FA/Su-57 too. Though granted! The tunnel fuselage thing were clearly influence of the Flanker series aircraft

[@divecolosio4988]

Much like the 'Felon' which it's airframe were designed after

[@legoskywalker613]

I kinda wish the original Wyvern was featured in AC7 alongside the Strike Wyvern.

[@paulthenotsogreat8032]

Don't care what others say, this is my fave aircraft. In every Ace combat games I played, I grind for hours for this aircraft then replay the campaign on the most difficult setting and fly this as if it was my own aircraft. Sure there are other better options and aircraft but this one is just my fave. When I go to full afterburners and it changes to its high speed form is chocolate sundae to my eyes. When I engage to battle and it reverts back to its forward swept wing form is the cherry to that sundae. Ahhh yes, this really brings back so many memories. :3

[@ethanspaziani1070]

I really do love this plane growing up playing Ace Combat 4 with my very first Ace Combat game that I played it's what got me into loving airplanes

[@SlyAceZeta]

A little clarification on the Grunder/Yuktobania deal: According to the ACX Perfect Guide, it wasn't the ISAF that got the X-02s following Katina, but the FCU. After Katina, the FCU started testing the X-02s, and these tests captured the attention of international companies. That's all the Perfect Guide said, but also keep in mind that Grunder had covertly pushed Yuktobania to develop the ADF-01, so what seems to have happened is that after the FCU started testing the X-02, Grunder saw it, developed a bootleg version for themselves, and shipped at least one to Yuktobania to help that country take on Osea. One was shot down, and sent to Sand Island likely to prevent an international incident. I'm surprised you didn't show the picture of the X-02 in the hangar from AC5's website here, but other than this, well done :D I love the design of the lore section especially. EDIT: Oh, also, I was under the impression that model kit was fan-made, not official.

[@GeneralWildDog]

Guess some MOD teams would modify X-02 to be on par with Fenrir, after the game released on PC.

[@GeneralWildDog]

At least they all have infinite afterburners and an ammunition-reserve based on same technology of Doraemon's pocket (of course not that advanced to imitate the capacity of an universe).

[@vijeshkumar692]

😂😂doraemons pocket

[@GeneralWildDog]

@@vijeshkumar692 The best explanation I can come up with.

[@MrLemmy82]

An excellent beginning to this new series! Very complete and easy to follow, love the little diagrams to get visual recaps of the plane's history as well! As for what's next, I'd like to have you continue AC fictional aircrafts, preferably by returning to the roots, the very first fictional superplane we got to fly in the series, the (lovely and glorious and totally underrated) XFA-27! :D

[@crueljustice7552]

I LOVED that plane so much

[@razgriz4978]

[@ALPHACIPHER]

Mason Moore nice reference

[@razgriz4978]

Abraar Ladak

[@Komyeta]

Shut the fuck up communist larry

[@Viviana088]

> >

[@MrSky-pm9zn]

[@OriKitsune]

Hats off to the amount of detail put into your videos. Even for long-time fans it feels you really go that extra mile. Somehow the connection between the X-02, Gründer and Yuktobania entirely slipped by me for all this time. As for a suggestion, I'd say the CFA-44. Because it's one mean beast.

[@alienincarnate111]

Been playing ace combat franchise for years since I was a teenager. Good to know a little bit of history. I remember stone henge.

[@maxbrandt6]

Extremely cool jet! Years ago I saw a nicely scratchbuilt model of the X-02 featured in an issue of Hobby Japan magazine, I wonder if Hasegawa ever produced a full production kit of this legendary fighter. If not, they should!! Yeah, right there @ 8:22 is what I'm talking about!

[@amsa2468]

Holy cow, this was really in depth, especially all the extra information!

[@kingofiron257]

Nicely done mate! Keep up the good work!

[@Phos9]

The wing retraction would need to be completed well before reaching Mach .8 to avoid some nasty wave drag. Realistically you’d want this process to be cartoonishly fast, while the bay door is open the wings wouldn’t make much lift and would be extremely draggy. For being stealthy, the intake nacelles aren’t great. Very abrupt joint between them and the fuselage. Planform alignment is frustrating, the canards are so close to being aligned with the wings but just aren’t for some reason. The intakes _might_ also cause problems with high alpha, obstructing free air into the engines. This sort of thing is why the typhoon has those little chin doors on its intake.

[@azymefwan2488]

I love contents like this. It brings out the airplane nerd inside of me. Do look forward to more know your plane content.

[@jasper_saberwolf]

Great video ACF! i’ve seen these planes throughout the games and online but never knew all that info. really cool presentation as usual.

[@hentaioverwhelming]

For people who are interested, KOTOBUKIYA seems to have the license to make plastic model kits of the experimental Ace Combat jets. I remember preordering the X-02S back in April 2020 and the whole pandemic thing caused my model kit to be severely delayed with its shipment where I didn't receive it until June 2021. The ADF-01 is up for pre-order at the moment and is supposed to be released sometime this month (August 2023).

[@darklordliam]

I’m hyped for its release. Having the ZOE ADF-01 and Scarface XFA-27 together is gonna be great.

[@SquallAdv]

Thanks ACF! Love these videos!! ❤

[@effisjens1776]

I'm gonna love this series !!! As for the next plane, su-47 berkut STALIN APPROVES

[@mladtheimpaler]

the berkut was developed after the soviet union, and long after stalin died.

[@Panzermeister36]

Stalin??

[@mladtheimpaler]

oh wow Panzermeister36! I did not expect to see you here! I like your videos.

[@Panzermeister36]

Thanks! I'm actually a huge ace combat fan :)

[@mladtheimpaler]

interesting, I never knew!

[@damefreya839]

Great video, thanks for putting so much effort on these ! I'm really hyped to watch the next ones. Could you please review the Falken for the next video ? That would be awesome !

[@joshuagreen5613]

0:11 a cobra in a wwii aircraft

[@codyphipps1871]

Big gay and cringe.

[@DaGamesPlaya]

Amazing video, and the entire series looks very promising... Also the Lore part of the video gives me heavy Military History Visualised vibes :P

[@Verse_Jumper]

*when your first Ace Combat was 4....and you now just learned that this jet is in 4....the shame*

[@solowingborders3239]

This'll be a great series. Looking forward to the F/A-18 family or the ADFX/ADF-01/02 videos.

[@hadescomet7885]

CFA-44

[@lancerthedemonace7581]

Hadescomet Why the Nosferatu? Looks at the comments* Ok never Mind

[@aliacf8518]

Nice another series Gonna love it

[@fusioncell7669]

I'm really hoping that this series helps other people learn about the Sci-Fi elements of Ace Combat and just how awesome it is. That's part of what attracted me to Ace Combat in the first place.

[@aliacf8518]

Darius Gonzalez He allowed me dummy

[@aliacf8518]

Darius Gonzalez and I know acf and im a fan of him since he created his channel OK? Stop trying to make a problem

[@Arrow_118]

Ali AceCombat Fan i like the emblem. Doesn't bother me. I got my emblem from someone else too.

[@aliacf8518]

Mobius 176 Same im waiting to finish my profile pic And then i can remove this picture

[@Prizz419]

Your videos keep getting better and better. This will be one of my favorite playlist. I just finished your ACZ with commentary and I wonder if you would do another game with commentary

[@shirosocool2938]

I love how antartica is named antarctia

[@ripstats9753]

Hmm.. I see you put effort in making the subtitles, good job ACF :)

[@eurobaka573]

Can you make Falken next plane?

[@aneemofolding]

ええええ

[@aneemofolding]

えええっうぇっうぇえうぇ

[@aneemofolding]

えうぇえ

[@aneemofolding]

ぇぇええええええw

[@marrqi7wini54]

It wasn't next but it is out.

[@McLeod917]

Awesome episide cant wait for more episodes in the series

[@mobesi4407]

Dope video. Well done

[@ReonLeon]

Please do more!! Love this series!!

[@suvarnabhumiplanespotting2753]

I would like to watch the "X-02s strike wyvern"

[@allysonmariano]

Thank you for the great job! This video with all lore makes me to ask about F-15 (Eagle, MTD, E... all of them :3)

[@rylandmalcolm3825]

great quality video

[@silverazorx]

Great video, man i love this plane

[@martincf9147]

I really like the video!! Next one f-18?

[@xTruthxWithinx]

Crazy thing is with current technology this plane could very well be made.

[@mill2712]

The design also seems relatively grounded as well. (As well as the CFA-44) However the retractable forward swept might be disregarded due to complexity and while maneuverable it has being proven to be inferior to regular wing designs.

[@erikdarco]

So interesting, love this kind of video. :)

[@j.csamson1512]

X02 is the last plane you unlock an Ace combat 5 unsung war

[@mrandrossguy9871]

Bonus plane is FALKEN ADF-01

[@krisb4872]

this turned out to be my favorite bird after beating the game. beautiful concept.

[@DpNemo]

so this plane made its first apearence all the way in AC3. it was called the xfa Game but its basically the same plane

[@HavardCastiglioni]

Also known as the flying Arrow. The folding wings and the fins by the aircraft is what made it a flying Arrow.

[@jettstorm2253]

I'm already loving this series. Will you also include superweapon aircraft?

[@electricheisenberg5723]

always remember start with the UBER lategame X-02 strike wyvern

[@BladeValant546]

Love this!

[@killerofzombs115]

Very interesting. looking forward to new vids!

[@recon17]

Thank you ace combat fan.Please give us more.

[@josueroberto7356]

Can't wait for CFA 44!

[@krisgordon3116]

And then Archange put a Railgun on one.

[@gundamdunham7479]

It seems that the X-02 Wyvern is the inspiration 4 the F/A-37 Talon in the 2005 movie Stealth, except that the Wyvern retracts its outer wings into its inner main wings.

[@mrandrossguy9871]

Vice Versa, X-02 was 2001

[@Panzermeister36]

Great idea for a series

[@roguewxves5534]

Good video, I'd love to see a follow-up video on the Strike Wyvern but I'm not too sure on the lore surrounding that variant

[@MrPeanut624]

Fenrir next please?

[@somehecucunt3194]

Yes

[@acompletelynormalhuman6392]

I'd like to point out that the point of Ford swept wings like on the su-47 or x29 is so that supersonic flow originate at the base of the wing and not the tips with a conventional back swept design the supersonic flow starts at the tips of the Wings therefore forward swept wings are more maneuverable at high speeds yet the x-02 retracts it's forwards swept wings at high speeds

[@realname1969]

Nice!!

[@LavmSp11]

Actually the Westland Wyvern is a turboprop aircraft, uses a reaction engine with a centrifugal compressor (making it short and stubby) connected to a gearbox to move the propeller (cant be connecter directly because blade tips would go Mach > 1), plus the exhaust gasses may provide additional, but, secondary thrust

[@gundog39]

It's great to see this aircraft make a return in AC7.

[@someguy-pl5ut]

great series idea also, you should do views of the planes cockpit

[@Praxics0815]

Love the design from a visual point of view. But those wings always make me cringe. Opening the leading edge like that would act like a massive speed brake and cause stall on the wings surface. But even before that there is just no space to actually store the extended wing. I mean the entire center wing would have to be hallow to house the wing extension. A hallow wing of that size is structurally impossible. Then you would need a massive hinge in order to move something of that size parallel to the air flow. Have you guys seen the wingbox of a Tornado or F-14? I have seen the all titanium wingbox of a tornado in all its glory: That is one massive piece of kit I tell you: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Tornado_variable_sweep_wing_Manching.JPG/1280px-Tornado_variable_sweep_wing_Manching.JPG Imagine you need something like that half way thru the wing and the hydraulics on top of it to move it. There is no way. It should have been a fixed forward swept wing design with fixed angled all moving V-tail.

[@platiuscyndar9017]

The wing should've at least folded in backwards

[@mrandrossguy9871]

Yeah but It's what make the Fictional Jet Still Awe Inspiring ! With More advanced tech it may be possible 🤷‍♂️

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

@@mrandrossguy9871 Think we would need to create a new material first. That seems like it would be the biggest issue: the wings just ripping off.

[@gurenmondragon9780]

i love this plane in every mission

[@eurobaka573]

Oh! That's pretty nice series

[@9999AWC]

Looking forward to the Skyly J2 video! ;)

[@essam1342]

Wow. Nice

[@princesscadance197]

*American F-22 and Russian Su-57 dogfighting *HUD static F-22: 'Why do I hear Latin music?' Su-57: 'Почему я слушаю латиноамериканскую музыку?' Unknown X-02S: 'A miss, as expected. But a lucky shot would be boring.'

[@wortenheimmer]

Companies making giant planes with force fields, lasers, and emp built in Uses f22s, f18, a10, f35, su 37

[@YoRHaUnit2Babe]

this map man it's so huge

[@brianmateo8041]

The stats are alreayd high enough, so I dont have to worry about parts that improve it. I can comfortable use parts that give extra missiles, do more damage, etc

[@Grdiniz]

Velho... seria interessante apresentar todas as skins ja criadas para esse aviao durante os jogos do ace combat.... Excelente conjunto de videos!!! Parabens

[@gc6096]

Epic

[@denniscleary7580]

I remember first unlocking it in Ace combat four shattered skies

[@brilliantblue8392]

my favorite AC original plane

[@havicb-6959]

Kinda reminds of the Firehawk from C&C 3

[@arkbirdarcher19]

Ah! the memories and also being able to outperform the XO2 in the A10 those were the days I remember him being so mad. . .,

[@gracecalis5421]

Could you do one on Fenrir? That plane is probably the most interesting in the AC series, both visually and technically

[@LeadDelta]

Update: center storage unit for special weapons would be able to mount a railgun system. (AC7)

[@solidv2]

good video

[@rackclo]

Nothing can take away the 1st place of the mighty wyvern from any AC games. This just happened to be some of the greatest plane designed I've ever seen. First sight in love is real lol.

[@johnsears5361]

What of the other original aircrafts' lasers and burst missiles? The Wyvern's still one jet, its weaponry is boots on the ground, and in a single hit from either of those 2 weapons, it's flaming PJ debris.

[@lacucaracha111111]

I was like : whoa why is the Adfx-01 in your intro so high res , then I remembered infinity is a thing XD

[@pattyjay9999]

I have always liked the X-02 Wyvern I would love the play it in AC7, If the game EVER comes out!!!!

[@Glitch_SYS]

"What's not interesting is that you have an ex-convict in your squadron, it's that they're flying an ERUSIAN X-02 Strike Wyvern with High-Tech Railguns. Who the fuck is this new guy?" - Max0r

[@jonnygarcia5]

My favorite plane in the whole series

[@avi8aviate]

Now, Mihaly A. Shilage flies an advanced Strike Wyvern model of it in Ace Combat 7 in the mission Lost Kingdom.

[@wyvernf6644]

I approve of this video

[@zealinbarden3942]

They need to make a WW1 and WW2 game in the strangreal

[@AltosaotomeOat]

Nice Series Just Like Stuff About Ace Combat And I'd Like it Very much

[@stealthtallyfox7210]

Do a vid of ALL Flankers summarized into one video so the nuggets can differentiate ALL OF THEM that appears in AC

[@lancerthedemonace7581]

Wyvern is nice looking...but here is a suggestion... Adler... Btw...nice editing! I loved the info and music...it sounded very IMPORTANT

[@DOKkER6776]

I just hope that this plane will be available on Ace Combat 7!

[@nicoferguson1215]

I recommend you research a updated version of this video, with the X-02S now in Ace Combat 7, which appears to be a beefed up version of the wyvern

[@Groza_Dallocort]

With way better armor

[@Rizkyace118]

ACF, I love you! (no homo) This is exactly what we need!

[@AvroBellow]

Definitely one of my faves! It's actually pronounced "Ecks-Oh-Too-Wivvern".