I was helping a friend of mine create some homebrew RPG stats for the mecha and ships from the original Genesis Climber MOSPEADA, and he noted that the stats on MAHQ didn't line up with what I was quoting to him from the official publications. So, I took a look, and I found quite a lot of errors in that section... most of it seems to have come from comically-inaccurate Robotech RPG rather than any official source.
Going one article at a time:
AB-01 TREAD
(All comments can also be applied to the Dark TLEAD entry, though it is worth noting that the Dark TLEAD does not have a variant letter.)
This is actually an incorrect name... the correct spelling (seen in both the animation of Ep10 and the line art) is TLEAD, an acronym for Transport Legioss Escort Armored Dreadnought.AB-01 TREAD
See the above.Unit type: TRans EArth Deployment heavy transformable fighter
Correct weight is 26.40 metric tons, per MOSPEADA: Complete Art Works (pg55)Total dry weight: 29.50 tons
Per the official stats (same source as above), this should read:Primary engines: JG102A liquid hydrogen cell turbine x 3
Secondary engines: ATF-401 (producing 4800kg of thrust each) x 4
Primary Engine: 2x AB-S-101 rated at 2,040shp
Secondary Engine: 1x ATF-404 rated at 1,800kg
Nothing (officially) said about "liquid hydrogen cell turbines".
Offhand, I'm not aware of any MOSPEADA source that identifies the number of HBT cells a TLEAD uses... this is, IINM, a Robotech-ism with no connection to the original show.Fuel capacity: standard HBT cell (4-pak x![]()
Yeah, this is a Robotech-ism too... in the official MOSPEADA stats for the Ride Armors, one HBT3 cell gets you about 30 minutes of continuous operation time in a Ride Armor (or about 300-400km of driving distance). Sixteen cells is not gonna get you 10 days.HBT supply: 250 hours (10 days) operational use
Also a great big nope...Delta-V (space): 1.8 kps with internal reaction mass
This... bears no resemblance to the Japanese text at all. Quoted from the official spec (same citation as above), we have:Fixed armament: EP-4 3-barrel particle cannon x 2, EU-35 3-barrel ion pulse cannon x 2, 250 kg guided HE bomb x 16, 500 kg cluster bomb x 8,
MM-20 multimissile system: 10-tube chest-mounted launcher x 2, MM-16 multimissile system: 8-tube popup launcher x 2
空対空ミサイル48発 = 48 air-to-air missiles
3連レーサーボンブランチャ×2 = 3 barrel laser bomb launchers x2
ナパーム弾72発 = 72 napalm bombs
3連30mmバルカン砲×3 = 3 barrel 30mm Vulcan cannon x3
3連速射レーサーカノン×2 = 3 barrel rapid fire laser cannon x2
(The 48 missiles are in the two dorsal 8-tube launchers, the ten tube launchers in the chest are an off-model animation error. The "laser bomb launchers" are the doodad that sticks up from the top of the craft, the vulcan cannons are the forward-facing guns in armo-bomber mode, and the laser cannons are the forearm guns in armo-soldier mode.)
None of this is in the MOSPEADA material either.Optional fixed armament: jammer pod x 6, 200mm x 590mm Buckshot multi-warhead short-range missile x 84, nuclear missile x 6, 260mm x 1.2m Diamondback medium-range missile x 42
Standard handheld armament: EP-14 3-barrel 80mm Gatling beam gun x 1
Should read:Armo-Bomber mode:
Total length: 9.70 meters
Total height: 6.10 meters
Total wingspan: 19.50 meters
Max. level speed (sea level): Mach .7
Max. level speed (18000 meters): Mach 1.8
Stall speed: 250 km/h (VTOL rectification possible)
Initial climb rate: over 40000 meters per minute (with boosters)
Unboosted service ceiling: 35000 meters (can be boosted to orbit)
Armo-Bomber mode:
Total length: 8.72 meters
Total height: 3.70 meters
Total wingspan: 18.36 meters
Max. level speed (sea level): NOT CITED
Max. level speed (18000 meters): Mach 2.8
Stall speed: NOT CITED
Initial climb rate: NOT CITED
Unboosted service ceiling: NOT CITED
The TLEAD doesn't even HAVE a listed Armo-Diver mode.Armo-Diver mode:
Total length: 8.00 meters
Total height: 8.50 meters
Total wingspan: 19.50 meters
Stall speed: None (VTOL)
Service ceiling: 18000 meters
Should read:Armo-Soldier mode:
Total length: 7.30 meters
Total height: 13.70 meters
Total width: 8.50 meters
Max. running speed: 128 km/h
Max. flying speed: 482 km/h
Service ceiling: 2440 meters
Armo-Soldier mode:
Total length: NOT CITED
Total height: 10.50 meters
Total width: 7.48 meters
Max. running speed: NOT CITED
Max. flying speed: 210km/h
Service ceiling: NOT CITED