The actual use for this weapon is to distract enemies when combining with 00 Gundam.
After combined with 00, the attack direction is fixed to downward.
Preliminary testing occurred at Moffett Field Naval Air Station, CA.
The first flight (hop) was on 11/20/1959 followed by the first real flight on 11/24/1959 with Hiller test pilots George Bright and Bruce Jones.
To fully utilize this system, a pilot and a Haro is needed.
Raiser System is a system feature unique to GN-0000 GNR-010 00 Raiser in Mobile Suit Gundam 00.
However, Saji disapproved of the violent simulation and resolved to fight his own battles, without the XN-Raiser.
Design work started in 1955 by Stanley Hiller Jr and Hiller Aircraft Corporation received a manufacturing contract and funding from the U. Air Force to build the only X-18 ever produced, serialled 57-3078.
Used for data gathering in battle, and send the information to other MS.Because of improvements in compression technology, the power loss as a result of smaller size is nil.The weapon is target seeking, so it's a very important armament for Saji, who is not suitable to battle. Beam weapon using GN Particles, 0 Raiser's main armament.Its firing rate is higher than a beam rifle, but weaker.It is the same type of weapon as the GN Beam Submachine Gun and the GN Submachine Gun used by Kyrios and Arios respectively.