Airspeeder/Legends



Airspeeders were repulsorlift vehicles. They were distinguished from landspeeders by a higher operating altitude and normally higher top speed. Sometimes, they were also equipped with boosters. They were not designed for orbital flight, but could attain high altitudes.

Airspeeders were used for transportation, recreation and combat. Coruscant's skies were clogged with airspeeders, which made their way about the planet-wide city via invisible expressways.

Famous airspeeder types

 * The Incom T-16 Skyhopper was considered the upper limit for airspeeder design when first produced. It was equipped with an ion engine, allowing it much broader operating parameters, including low planetary orbits. Its controls were similar to other Incom designs, allowing civilian pilots like Luke Skywalker to quickly adapt to the T-65 X-wing starfighter.


 * Another Incom design, the T-47, was one of the most popular civilian airspeeders. It was modified by the Alliance to Restore the Republic with weapons and tow cables for pulling cargo skiffs.  Later, when the Alliance established Echo Base on Hoth, they were further modified to operate in sub-zero temperatures. These airspeeders became known as snowspeeders.


 * The Alliance frequently turned starfighters no longer suitable for space combat into customized combat airspeeders.


 * The Storm IV Cloud Car was another airspeeder with an additional ion engine for use in upper-atmosphere flight.


 * The V-wing airspeeder manufactured by Slayn & Korpil for the New Republic was one of the fastest combat airspeeder types ever produced.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Star Wars Republic 61: Dead Ends
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Shadows of the Empire novel
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * The Truce at Bakura
 * Junior Jedi Knights: Vader's Fortress
 * Betrayal