Board Thread:Monster Discussions/@comment-10992179-20130628021244/@comment-133597-20140228042328

Kiryu movies in a few years, so my memory of them is a little faded. The only flight scene that I can really remember was when he did that shoulder block in Tokyo SOS (THAT shoulder block!) but I don't think he can keep up that speed for very long.

Kiryu seems to be capable of flight on its own, but I'm guessing not for very long as it probably uses up energy to do so (igniting fuel for thrust and such), which is probably why they tow it into the area from the air rather than Kiryu flying there itself.

That's one of the advantages MG1 and 2 have over Kiryu; much more suspension of belief. There were more realistic qualities brought in with Kiryu like limited power (I'm sure many people questioned just how long MG1 and 2 could run for, and how at least MG2 could generate so much power for its weaponry and such), budgets (so they didn't simply bring back the Absolute Zero Gun in Tokyo S.O.S. and used a Hyper Maser instead as it was too costly to get the synthetic diamond needed), and whatnot.