I couldn't decided between new Tron or old Robotech while I was making my first go at aeronautics in this game and suddenly after 5 hours, 2 monster drinks, and many take-off and landing tests I was staring this beast in the face.

The Niedermayer weighs in at 801 Tonnes with 242,686 in durability and 2,016,000 in fuel. Not only can it take some but it excels in dishing it out, too, packing 2 mini-guns, 2 machine guns, 4 laser turrets, 2 missile pods, and one very hungry cannon.

I haven't bothered looking at how fast it actually is because, believe me, with 6 rear facing thrusters it is fast enough. There are also 6 downward facing thrusters for take-off and landing (remember, it's heavy). The 4 tail rotors also allow it to turn on a dime, there is only the smallest amount of drift while pivoting in place. Braking and limited reverse functionality is achieved by the two front facing thrusters located on the knee joints.

The Niedermayer requires a generous amount of space to land. It's center of gravity is off in the back and I was absolutely sick of redesigning the feet. The only way to keep it from tipping over and moving on to something new without scrapping whole thing was to add landing gear spread out around the feet and tagged as invisible. Bear this in mind when you set him down somewhere ;)