Talk:Raptor/Archive 1

Raptor Armament?

In the Episode : "Fragged" we see a hovering Raptor use what appears to be a nose mounted "Vulcan" cannon of sorts to destroy a handfull of Cylon Centurions... is there any info on this gun, and wether or not its standard for Raptors?---Posted by Strato

• That was not a Vulcan cannon. That was a stack of missles. We've never seen Raptors firing bullets, and only on this one occasion have we ever see them fire anything (missles). We're not even sure if they're normally loaded with weapons of any kind; they could just be loaded on special occasions. Raptors are a support craft, which does actually enter a combat zone, and although a multi-purpose vehicle it's primary mission profile as stated by Boomer in the Miniseris is "to fly ahead of a Viper squadron, use long range scanning equipment to scout for enemy targets, then Jump (using it's limited small FTL drive) behind the lines of the Vipers, fall back and provide electronic support". It's not really meant to engage stuff. --Ricimer 18:51, 30 January 2006 (EST)

You are correct...went back and rewatched the DVD...for somereason I mistook the smoke trails from the missles as smoke from a vulcan cannon. my bad. -- Stratohead

The nuke?

Would anyone object to my adding the nuclear weapon mounted on Boomer's raptor in the season 1 finale to the armaments section? -Admiral Rupert

ECM Support

What does "well it supports other ships ECM" mean? (This is a sincere question, despite the fact I can't manage to inquire without what sounds to me to be a questionable tone.) --CalculatinAvatar 15:57, 8 April 2006 (CDT)

It provides Electronic counter meastures support for an entire squadron of Vipers, sort of like an Osprey. --The Merovingian ^{(C - E)} 16:29, 8 April 2006 (CDT)

Raptor Controls

Does anybody know of any screenshots showing the Raptor flight controls? The closest I could come was this which doesn't have flight controls displayed, but has velocity readouts, etc. --Steelviper 08:16, 16 August 2006 (CDT)

There are lots of eps where Raptor cockpits are shown where we can start looking. By memory, useful ones should include Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I, Home, Part II and Fragged. I looked at the miniseries as well with no success. Given that these were designed based on helocopter designs, a small joystick control is highly likely. Maybe this is something that Ngarenn can confirm...? --Spencerian 10:26, 16 August 2006 (CDT)

I've also got a look at the interior in a season 2 video blog. The ECO has a joystick, but the port pilot's stick appears to be to the left of the seat, and the starboard pilot's seat has one to the right. Because of the room of the set it may have been impractical to make it a true joystick between the legs of the pilots. --Spencerian 15:42, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

Many modern aircraft have side-sticks though, helicopters generally have a center-mounted joystick and a right-side collective. --Talos 16:13, 17 August 2006 (CDT)