Skygrasper Development History (Strike Gundam Development History Part 2/3)

[@kakarot197]

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[@nexo42069]

Babe wake up new skygrasper lore just dropped

[@cappuccinocapputeano]

Stole my line smh

[@Shin_Lona]

Reality: "Good, she's finally asleep... now I'm free to do nerd shit." 😆

[@worldwanderer91]

CE is one of the few Gundam timelines that actually developed and flesh out fightercraft and even more so than UC. Whereas the Earth Federation completely phased out their jet fighters as soon as the GMs were mass produced, the Earth Alliance still kept them around and upgraded them to complement the Dagger mobile suits.

[@KuruniXD]

Except Saberfish are still around too in Unicorn. Similarly, there's the G-Defenser in Zeta which is more or less Sky Grasper's UC counterpart, as acknowledged in GBF with the Build Mark II. And that's before we add non-animated works, like Raven Sword and all of G-Fighter variations from MSV-R, Hrududu and Primerose from AoZ, or Wyvern and Daggerfish from Sentinel. So no, "more so than UC" statement is fault.

[@KuruniXD]

"Saberfish that was treated like rusting clown and G-Defenser that never got mass produced." The same can be said to Sky Grasper. If we're stick to animate works only, EA stop developing new jet after Strike Dagger roll out (the only one Sky Grasper appears in Destiny is kept by Orb, presume to be the remaning craft on the Archangel). We only see more Sky Graspers, as well as Cosmo Grasper, in MSV and Astray, and they're all developed during the first war. UC at least has the G-Defenser rolled out in Gryps War, and even more fighters appear in side stories mentioned in the previous comment. So objectively, CE "flesh out fightercraft even more so than UC" is just fault no matter how one look at it.

[@armydude102]

@@KuruniXD UC is longer running than CE, of course it would have more examples, but if you're counting the G-Defenser which is more of an addon for the Gundam MK II then the Core Splendor and Silhouette Flyer for the Impulse Gundam also counts, even if it's not made or used by the Earth Alliance. If you're going to throw in side stories like AoZ then the Raijin Striker and Maneuver Striker in Gundam Seed Eclipse count too, even if they appear between Seed and Seed Destiny. Both timelines use jets past their first wars, so let's not split hairs over who used more jets.

[@KuruniXD]

​​@@armydude102 Again, my point is that "CE flesh out fighter better" is just fault. I don't even say UC doing good job, because I think it's still pretty bad, but saying CE doing better is fault I didn't count Core Splendor on the ground that it's a part of Impulse, it would be analog to UC's Neo Core Fighter and V/V2 Core Fighter. I brought up G-Defenser because, as noted, it's more or less acknowledged as Sky Grasper's counterpart. Just like Sky Grasper, we only saw it as supporter of one MS in anime (Strike for Sky Grasper, MkII for G-Defenser), but we also saw other MS used its cargo without the fighter itself in later works (not counting side stories, Striker Packs are used by Dagger and Windam, Defenser Units are used by ReZEL).

[@armydude102]

@@KuruniXDFair enough.

[@AFlyingEwok]

The fact that the Skygrasper has to broadside it's enemies to use the Launcher's combo weapon pod amuses me to no end.

[@RustyHarmonica]

He literally drifts his way to bring out the bullets to those poor enemies in that pack.

[@victoriazero8869]

The more sane way to use it is the way you use IRL gunships, you circle the area around the enemies.

[@jeff3221]

Nice pfp

[@Plaprad]

I still remember when the series came out I was in the Air Force in maintenance. One of my buddies got a Gunpla kit of the Skygrasper, and unsurprisingly, after a few beers we started to wonder how it would fly. Talked to another buddy who was in college for aeronautical engineering, and got to work. We spent probably a full weekend, and several six packs, trying to work out the aerodynamics, weight and balance, etc... Yeah, the numbers weren't good. You're right that the roll rate would be insane. But the drag and balance of the thing was so far out of whack that it would be practically useless. IIRC, the CG was almost in the tail and at the top of the fuselage. After that, we just assumed that the only reason it was good in the show is Mu is that much of a badass and taught everyone else how to fly it.

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

May I ask how would u of redid the design to make it actually plausible to fly? I mean just the plane itself with its weapons it came with and just ignore the support stuff for the Strike Gundam

[@granmastersword]

You could assume that, just like Zeon's Dop Fighter and the Byarlant, the Skygrasper might have relied a bit more on the brute strength of its thrusters to fly and maneuver

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

@@granmastersword I mean the Bayarlant probably wasn't suppose to fly that long anyway since it's MS.

[@Plaprad]

@@gerogyzurkov2259 Personally, and this is just from a guy who did aviation maintenance, so not an expert. But I'd argue enlarge the wings, stretch the fuselage a bit, and putting fairings around the big gun barrel would help.

[@Plaprad]

@@granmastersword The good ol' F-4 rule. "In thrust, we trust."

[@matohibiki]

Coordinators: "Why do I hear boss music?" Mu: 3:50

[@Echo_419]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed!

[@HeIsAnAli]

_Dio Brando, ace pilot._

[@SkullArrol]

God watching Meyrin looking at me in the end while the Archangel was shooting down Zaft pilots was a quite undertalked about scene in OG SEED

[@AshuraH]

Man, the Perfect Skygrasper would be hell on wings to build, forget piloting! The biggest problem would probably be the Schwert Gewhir since you would need to mount it angled downward or you're not leaving the Archangel. Beyond that, there's no way to reangle it to use it, so it's just dead weight. Now, the IWSP would be a godsend in firepower.

[@duelgundam]

Funnily enough, the RG Sword Striker actually solved this issue...somewhat. The Schwert Gewhir's knuckle guard can open like a hinge, and the blade can rotate 180° sideways at the part that's connected to the sword pack.

[@HeIsAnAli]

>Nuclear Skygrasper I can imagine Djibril making like Warfield in Heart of the Swarm: "Prepare for nuclear launch! I want the only thing left of these patchworks to be glowing corpses!"

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Would of been extreme firepower altough would of been hard to maneuver.

[@bionicghost2772]

Now i kind of want Lazerpig to talk about the earth alliance brass that hated mobile suits with the same vitrol as he does with the pentagon reformists

[@HeIsAnAli]

Wonder who he'd peg as the John Boyd, Pierre Sprey, or William S. Lind?

[@pristine3094]

And such a stupid badass scene if mu piloted skygrasper with shiranui pack and start blasting shit with dragoons

[@gmartuch]

there is a feature on the Ootori striker pack that was forgotten, it has a striker port on the rear so it can be equip more fire power. before i get the MG Strike Rouge + Ootori Equipment Ver.RM model kit i had seen the Strike Rouge + Ootori metal build that had a photo with the Aile Striker pack on it. MG Strike Rouge + Ootori Equipment Ver.RM model kit you build a hole on the the rear of the Ootori striker pack that can Equip the other Striker pack. there is a mode Strike Rouge + Ootori metal build you can make maximum perfect Strike (AP Ver.)

[@a.p.studios8713]

Ngl with benefit of hindsight the build booster from gbf that was inspired by the ootori can also stack striker packs too Holy moly

[@PKsoldier45]

My la flaga will allways be one of my fav characters and the sky grasper is still one of my favorite machines in alll of Gundam it's so cool

[@smoldream2908]

Shout out to the Skygrasper’s one appearance near the end of Destiny

[@lukewt456]

Best April Fools day gift from Kakarot197, I would state.

[@vustvaleo8068]

meanwhile in SD Gundam World Heroes: The Legend of Dragon Knight the Skygrasper became a fantasy robot dragon that Knight Strike Gundam rode on, what.

[@Wingalpha]

.....i neeed this.....

[@josephfox9076]

Please make: Hi-Zak development history. Dom development history. Gouf development history.

[@Tzk-Zaku]

Love this. Skygrasper doesn't get enough love

[@realmarkinator]

The Skygrasper and Moebius Zero were both pretty great starter units in the G Generation games, early game mobile suits had the movement speed of a snail and pilots were still pretty weak when it comes to evading. Both of MZ and Sky had 8 movement spaces in comparison to the Pheonix Zero's weak 6 and Tornado Gundams measley 5. Those few extra spaces mattered more than you think. I usually replace it with the G-Falcon later down the road. That thing was genuinely strong in World/Overworld.

[@bluedestiny2710]

It was actually better in G Generation SEED bec in that game, you can mount Striker Packs on it, giving it access to better payload... something that was omitted in World / Overworld :( Also, this is a bit nitpicky... but i dont like that their close range weapon is kinda a peashooter... damage is pretty low. Wish we had options there

[@realmarkinator]

@@bluedestiny2710 The Vulcans actually does surprisingly good damage whenever I use it.

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Portable too. Except for I was doing the UC routes so I had ton of stuff to use anyway that didn't need to use Skygrasper.

[@lordalpharius5928]

Mu made the impossible possible by turning that fighter plane into a mobile armor; nor my quasi, but a legit MA!

[@DashsChannel]

pre-Destiny Cosmic-Era MAs always confused me since they are often just described as "space fighters," at least until the second war when the bigger UC-style mobile armors were being rolled out as well as ZAFT developing stuff like the Proto-Chaos. The Moebius and the Moebius Zero are sort of an oddball missing link between fighter craft and proper MA. I would want to know what SEED's definition of where the boundary between fighter and mobile armor is.

[@davidvasquez08]

*Getting out of a Jegan cockpit:* “Cool a new lore video”

[@RonathonCharlie]

Your development videos are legit some of my favorite content on the internet. Thank you so much for these.

[@adzulhanif4452]

3:38 is that Top Gun Background music?😂

[@HeIsAnAli]

*_Yes, yes, yes, yes...YES!_*

[@shadowwriter4538]

Highway to the Danger Zone.

[@DarkAnon100]

Ok, now i totally need a Fight scene with 'Danger Zone' as the BGM

[@HeIsAnAli]

@@DarkAnon100 Closest would be in Stardust Memory, which is basically Top Gundam.

[@ianbrooks3597]

Its called danger zone by Kenny loggins by the way

[@Sierra-208]

Okay, I think I found my favorite conventional fighter craft in the Gundam franchise now

[@supergeno128ds]

Been really appreciating the music choices as of late! The SDGO opening theme takes me back.

[@bthsr7113]

1:41 nooooo That is not how physics. And yes, I am going to bring that up since this is an ostensibly conventional jet powered airplane doing the impossible anime slice. Trying to fly through a mech is lunacy.

[@rmath176]

DANGER ZONE!!

[@HeIsAnAli]

_Lana? LANA? _*_LANA?!_* *_WHAT?!_* _Danger Zone~!_

[@gudakoalter]

I really want an HG skygrasper. maybe it could also come with the sword and launcher packs that are compatible with the HGCE strike as well. imagine all the epic dioramas we can make like Tolle's death

[@allenusison3124]

To test out your theories about the IWSP and Multiple Assault Striker, try out the EX Model Skygrasper next time along with the Option Parts Set Striker Packs. Gonna question how all these fit.

[@daitoray9876]

We all know it's a good day when Kakarot197 releases a new video

[@twelfthknight]

Ya'know, as much as the Alliance is just the absolute worst... I agree with the "we don't need those Coordinator Mobile Suit thingies"-faction here. If they just ditched the MS development altogether - along with the striker packs - and made the Skygrasper optimized purely as a fighter in its own right then mass produced that model to the numbers the Earth was capable of, they'd easily dominant the Earth airspace. They had falcons and decided to go with ducks instead.

[@gremblorthesackgoblin7953]

Real homies remember this being private video

[@swakage13x]

Love it still waiting on astray gundam development history

[@Hthedarkone]

These videos make my day

[@shauqiharris2772]

Airplane she told you not to be afraid of.

[@jasonmcnaughton7607]

Always enjoy your videos but idk whether or not I missed the video(maybe it's old idk) but I always wanted to see a development history of the RX-78-GPO series. I think you did one on the GPO2, but haven't seen a GPO1 or GP03.

[@xedmin8424]

We should get a development history on the ZAKU Warrior and Phantom.

[@chheinrich8486]

I fell down laughing once you started playing „highway to the danger zone“😂

[@Jociaoftrades]

The Skygrasper was already badass to me and this lore makes it just amazing.

[@WingZero761]

*Hears Danger Zone in the background.* Ah, a very fitting song for a very powerful fighter.

[@georgemercer402]

The only way I can see the IWSP & MAS packs being used without any Strike variants is if there was a Cosmic Era equivalent to the Universal Century's G-Armor and only in space with (at least) minimal problems, but alas it never came about; we already know the latter was piss-poor while under gravity.

[@eight-cloudspurple5871]

There are backpacks capable of independent(though not manned) operation in Destiny side stories. The Destiny Impulse R has a backpack with AI that can detach from the MS, as do a few others I forgot the name of.

[@GCJACK83]

Yeah... Ed the Ripper... he was both hungover and he cut the DINN in 2 on purpose. You'd be amazed at what a lucid guy jacked up on liquid courage can do.

[@ninjaguy_12]

Happy I was able to watch this before it was re-rendered XD

[@Heroduothecomedian]

Why was it re rendered for?

[@Crimelife1999]

@@Heroduothecomedian a clip from one of the Seed shows snuck it's way in at the end, it was a bit intrusive

[@ninjaguy_12]

@@Heroduothecomedian he actually mentions it in the pinned comment for this video but the end of the video when he's talking the strike E and going over it's development history, a clip of Gundam seed (don't remember the scene) was placing pretty loud from then to the credits of the video

[@TheSlamburger]

It’d be really cool to have a short OVA about a squadron of conventional fighters and their pilots in an era of Mobile Suits. (Plus, y’know, Top Gun references)

[@janchristianursuaaguilar7434]

Bro the skygrasper is Top Gun vibes!

[@nikoladedic6623]

Let's go. Version 2.

[@kakarot197]

Now with 100% less mistakes!

[@akiodono]

Finally some love for my favorite gundam craft!

[@BLITZKRIEG209]

Lol, using top gun intro theme when mentioning the weapons. Haha how I wish Maverick would be Kira's wing man.

[@devildavin]

seeing a skygrapser with the dopplehorn system would be interesting "How do we make this monstrosity fly?" "If the F-4 Phantom taught us anything, give it enough thrust you can make a school bus fly"

[@ZeroDarkness-]

It would be CE version of G-Fighter 😂

[@SoloWing88]

I wish we could see ea tactics at some point... Or a ce gherens greed

[@HeIsAnAli]

>EA tactics What, microtransactions everywhere for a game company long since lost its marbles? _Wait, wrong EA..._

[@SoloWing88]

@@HeIsAnAli an ea that is more evil than ea

[@spikmaster18]

So since Seed Freedom introducing Spec II & Type II terms on enhanced MS, does Strike E Gundam considered Strike Gundam Type II ?

[@eight-cloudspurple5871]

Depends on how the whole manufacturer thing works I guess. Strike(s) and Strike E(s) are made by different companies.

[@CaptainIchimaruGin]

I think the Skygrasper would be too heavy to fly if it's carrying all three Striker pack like how the Strike is too heavy to fly with all three even with the Aile Striker pack. The IWSP I say the Skygrasper can still fly and become quite deadly. The only Striker pack I can think off that would be useless on the Skygrasper would be the Multi Striker Pack as even with the N-Jammers removed having a Striker pack that can only be used once is kind of bad. Also the Gunbarrel Striker pack can be equipped on to the Skygrasper, but I really see no point on doing that when it can already function as a mobile armor. The Doppelhorn Striker pack can work plus being recoilless cannon the Skygrasper can shoot and fly with no trouble at all.

[@ARMsMaster]

There was Super Robot Wars W, a game for the NDS where you can equip the Skygrasper with the IWSP pack. However, considering that it is SRW, the developers can just handwave it away and make certain things just work.

[@xenthon8160]

One closer to the Flag's dev history

[@williamchoi8676]

great vid, when will you you do a development history of any any 00 MS?

[@eisenklad]

I suspect it's not just that most pilots are either MS pilots or new large MA became the norm. delivering a striker pack became unnecessary when EA battery tech caught up to Orb/Zaft. the jet striker pack carries missiles while allowing full atmospheric flight. that meant the batteries in the pack and the MS(Dagger-L/windam) was considerably better.

[@RevanR]

Makes me wonder why Earth Alliance didn't develop VF-1 Valkyrie-esque fighter jet rather gone full blown mobile suit? I mean it won't be take more resources than Strike Dagger (although transformable mech will be a headache for maintenance)

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Probably Bandai wanted it to be 0079 remade than during a close copy of Macross. I mean Zeta is technically funny enough Bandai made it like it was cause of influence from Macross at the time. According to people comments. I mean technically ORB went full Macross with the Mass productions Astrays which are transformable MS as their army.

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

I mean we haven't gotten a Gundam series actually that's all about missiles and Kenetics.

[@RevanR]

@@gerogyzurkov2259 IBO goes full kinetic weapons until Hashmal appearance and Seed also have full have some missile weapon when it come to their ships

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

​​@@RevanR IBO is mainly melee and Kenetics. Not missles. I am talking "Macross Massacre" to put into gundam people keep calling lol. That are not many Gundams really do that we have gotten many of that kind.

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

I mean Bandai could make themselves a Gundam Macross fighter jets transformers if they really wanted to. It's upto Bandai decision and efforts making though to make that happened.

[@DIEGhostfish]

Living in the danger zone to run that BGM on youtube.

[@nickdumlao314]

My favorite Fighter plane due to being able to equip Strike parts

[@Yacovo]

Thanks for the video

[@lordofalltime]

how about a video about different mobile armors from different timelines?

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

How about the freedom along with strike freedom along with other versions lore since traffic will be alot for u?

[@ZEDEX252]

Skygrasper lore baby let's goooo!!!

[@victoriazero8869]

Meta wise: Sky Grasper has its root in Fukuda's previous mecha work, Gear Fighter Dendoh. One of the support craft exist to literally deliver replacement battery because Dendoh is a battery-powered Super Robot.

[@bthsr7113]

RIP Cosmo Grasper, you deserved better.

[@Moeflyer6213]

Equivalent to Core Fighter in UC timeline.

[@The_Str4nger]

more like the G Fighter or the Core Booster

[@hmmdoh7835]

did they ever make MG Skygrasper ?

[@Gundamu-p9m]

Wait why was it reuploaded I was watching the original

[@kakarot197]

The outro had a random clip overlapping the video.

[@Gundamu-p9m]

@@kakarot197 ah okay

[@Panzergruppe22]

atmosphere fighters in nearly every gundam series: the design must include a LOT of drag (boxy parts and attachments, un-aerodynamic fuselage, etc) somehow I love the more generic looking fighters in Gundam Wing because it looks a lot more realistic

[@calvinstraveldreams]

Great video. Also, exactly how big do you think the F-7D Spearhead, FX-550 Skygrasper, FX-565et Cosmograsper, TS-MA2 Moebius, and TS-MA2mod00 Moebius Zero are? I know that they are smaller than mobile suits, but more specific information would definitely be nice to have.

[@morepenguins6247]

DRRRIIIIIIVEWAY TO THE SAFETY AREAAAA!

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Also thinking about it they put the Skygrasper in Ace Combat. Would be the most OP plane in game by far.

[@LordSpleach]

Skygrasper has no defense against Shield Tossing.

[@ZeroDarkness-]

Maybe Sword Striker grappling hook could help to stopped it but requires skilled pilot to do it

[@xianderthest8014]

Take two.

[@NovaSaber]

The Skygrasper can use the IWSP pack in Super Robot Wars J, at least.

[@lordchapelseed791]

How about the development of the Crossbone Gundams? Considering the rumor of an anime

[@ianbrooks3597]

Can you do impulse and core splendor history

[@gilangagsuroaldiapala5172]

what happen with previous vid one?

[@kakarot197]

An unused clip snuck into the outro.

[@Sephini]

Would a hypothetical Cosmograsper + Gunbarrel Striker combo work? Then again, that would basically just be the Moebius Zero with extra complications.

[@johnpaulgonzaga5997]

Yeah its the age of mecha musume. Chinese companies are getting in on the action with top tier quality works from MS General, Eastern Model, Snail Shell, Nuke Matrix. I spend more on them than anything else hehe.

[@codename1176]

Yes!

[@eisenklad]

I don't think the IWSP would be fully mountable on the skygrasper, the Gatling shield would be too heavy. but we could see strike rouge Ootori, strike noire pack and Akatsuki's packs on the skygrasper. it be funny if there's a golden skygrasper for cagalli somewhere...

[@ARMsMaster]

In Super Robot Wars W for the DS, you can equip the Skygrasper with the IWSP pack, provided that you unlock it first since both the IWSP and Lightning pack are secrets in the game. You only get the Launcher, Sword, and two Aile striker pack by default. You also have two Skygrasper as well.

[@adin_3360]

The cool model air fighter

[@wolfmechace1338]

where's part 1😢

[@NeroVingian40]

Ah, is this the Top Gun episode? Lol

[@williambenedictalava2634]

MBT from Cosmic Era should have their vid.

[@phyroukann3764]

Too bad, they didn't make a star fighter from gundam metal. That would be something.

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Technically the closet to Star Fighters was those flying MAs in CE.

[@ZeroDarkness-]

They already made it Infinite Justice type 2 Backpack is Star Fighter in disguise just without hyperdrive yet 😂

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

@@ZeroDarkness- don't forget beam Saber wings lol.

[@garrettlittle1279]

What in gods name are Cosmic Era Mobile Suits Armoured with that a 20mm autocannon can pen them at medium-long range?

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

20mm cannons are for the small personal stuff that doesn't need to waste beam on just 20mm rds would do. Just like other small cannons on other universes MS functional have been used for.

[@garrettlittle1279]

Ok cool, I already understood that: then why is a jet effectively using them on Mobile Suits at medium-long range?

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

@@garrettlittle1279 cause for imitation factor while probably getting the bigger more suitable weapons ready to fire more accurately. I would say medium range when both Mu and Kira fired the beam cannons at much longer ranges. Though the latter only has fired the Striker launcher L in the Strike Gundam. Also let's behonest Mu LA Flaga is also a bit of a daredevil himself with most of his stuff he pilots that he nearly almost always risk his life. By doing number of stuff that would nearly get u killed (he nearly does almost dies few times). Such as using Skygrasper that close range or doing dumb stuff that nearly did kill him.

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Plus I don't think 20mm need to be used. I mean the thing has like lots of weapons already that are way better than using 20mm. Like really why use 20mm when u have beam weapons or missiles, or add-ons like Launcher L equipment.

[@kumomeme7852]

it such a shame that we dont get 'sky grasper' mobile suit unit this mobile armour fighter can equip strike pack. such a waste if there is not transformation mobile suit variation of this.

[@scasimir1000]

You know what's funny I watch condom see destiny loved it Never finished Gundam seed I stopped that episode 50 or 51. I don't know where in Gundam seed it starts to pick up to get much better. The beginning to me person is a little bit too boring compared to Gundam Sea destiny.

[@10goku83]

Condom 🤨🤨🤨

[@birumerah2896]

I need hg of this

[@Mkav-c8n]

When you do a blitz gundam development history kakarot197

[@shahrulnizam5263]

Murasami still the best

[@ergoelke]

dra-c development history for an april fools video please. jk. nobody likes dra-c. just me.

[@R_Caine]

So the Cosmic Era timeline is Grand Theft: Gundam.

[@HeIsAnAli]

_Blood Ravens Approved!_

[@DashsChannel]

@@HeIsAnAli "The PLANT Supreme Council names this maneuver OPEREHSION SPIHT BREHK!" Well at least the Blood Ravens had it a bit easier. The Necrons didn't hide a Cyclops System under Kaurava.