Code name: Gundam Airmaster
Unit type: loading TransSystem mobile suit
Manufacturer: Old Earth Federation
Operator: Vulture; Old Earth Federation
Accomodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.2 meters
Weight: empty 6.9 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Construction: lunar titanium alloy armor and frame
Powerplant: ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: flash system, allows Newtype pilot to remote-control FW-9800 GW-Bit mobile bits; TransSystem transformation system, capable of transforming into fighter mode for atmospheric flight
Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in nose in fighter mode, operable in fighter mode only; 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head, operable in mobile suit mode only
Optional fixed armaments: 2 x missile, mounted on shoulders
Optional hand armaments: 2 x buster rifle, can be stored on hip armor racks in mobile suit mode, mounted on main body and operable in fighter mode
Technical and Historical Notes
During the Seventh Space War, the Old Earth Federation developed and deployed three advanced new mobile suit designs to counter the Space Revolutionary Army. One of these new units was the GW-9800 Gundam Airmaster, and like its brethren GX-9900 Gundam X and GT-9600 Gundam Leopard, it was equipped with a "flash system", enabling a Newtype pilot to mentally remote-control a large number of bit mobile suits (or "mobile bits") - in the Airmaster's case, the FW-9800 GW-Bit. The Airmaster was also unique in that it was one of the first mobile suits to be equipped with the "TransSystem", a design concept which enabled the Airmaster to transform into a fighter-like craft capable of atmospheric flight. Although only lightly armed with vulcan guns and a pair of "buster" beam rifles, the Airmaster was quite nimble as an aerial combat unit.
Although an unknown number of Airmasters were manufactured, only one unit is known to have survived the war. This last remaining Airmaster would find its way into the hands of Vulture mercenary pilot Witz Sou, who operated this transforming Gundam during the military chaos occuring in AW 0015.
Miscellaneous Info
Pilot: Witz Sou
Appearances: After War Gundam X
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Ookawara