Y-Wings are even agile enough to negotiate the Death StarвЂ™s superstructure. Grey Leader evades heavy fire in his BTL-S3 at Endor. Later scenes at the Battle of Endor (Return of the Jedi) show the Y-wing to be more agile, dogfighting and winning against TIE Fighters with itвЂ™s two forward mounted Taim and Bak Laser Cannons (Y-wings can carry either the IX-4 or IX-5 model).ДЄ BTL-A4 Y-wing avenges the death of an A-Wing, piloted by Red 2 during the Battle of Endor. вЂвЂ¦Stay on target!!!вЂ¦.LOOSEN UP!вЂ™ BOOOM! That didnвЂ™t work out well for them! The low survival rate of BTL-A4вЂ™s at the battle of Yavin added to this reputation but defeat was down to the focus of the pilots who refused to evade fighters in a desperate attempt to keep their targeting computers locked on and deliver their payload, many X-wings suffered the same fate at the hands of Darth Vader.ДЇabritech SI 5g7 вЂњQuickscanвЂќ imaging system which worked with the Fabritech ANc 2.7 tracking computer and a sophisticated sensor suite (mounted under domes on the front of the engine pods) to guide bombs and torpedoes, pilots were given the order to ignore enemy fighters and вЂStay on targetвЂ¦.вЂ™ (вЂTheyвЂ™re too close!вЂ™вЂ¦.). Perhaps unfairly the Y-wing was known as sluggish and ungainly (which is true compared to an X-wing) but itвЂ™s modified Koensayr R-2000 Ion Fission Engines gave it a top speed of 80 Megalights (MGLT) to the B-wings 90, but it out accelerates the more sophisticated bomber (Y-wing accelerates at 2,700 G and 1000 km/h in atmosphere, B-wing only pulls 2,390 G and 950 km/h, both can travel faster in atmosphere if shielded). To ensure safe delivery of their payload they often go in to battle with a fighter escort but are more than capable of operating without one.ДЄ BTL-A4 Y-Wing escorted by X-wings during the вЂBattle of YavinвЂ™ in вЂA New HopeвЂ™ These features made the ship appropriate for bombing runs against larger targets. ItвЂ™s ability to carry 8 proton torpedoes (and to fire two at a time through itвЂ™s Arakyd Industries Flex Tube Launchers which are mounted on the bottom of the cockpit fuselage, where it meets the fighters вЂneckвЂ™) as well as a powerful proton bomb and an ArMek SW-4 twin Ion cannon turret (the rotating turret above the cockpit, Ion Cannons disrupt shields and electronic systems).

The Y-Wing was designed as a multi-purpose Starfighter. When released from the production line Y-Wings were armoured all over but problems with overheating, the need to add extra systems and the regular occurrence of system failures resulted in the rebels ditching the casing and running the fighter with itвЂ™s components exposed.ДЄ Y-Wing with armour casing intact from вЂStar Wars: Incredible Cross-SectionsвЂ™. The BTL-A4 (A one seater) and BTL-S3 (the older of the two which had an extra seat for a gunner) Y-Wings were developed from an old model (The BTL-B) that served in the clone wars.

BTL-A4 Y-Wings in flight at the Battle of Yavin in вЂA New HopeвЂ™

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