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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Treknophile: [QB] Hi guys I'm about 3/4 through my version of this ship. The following are my postulates and assumptions. 1. Multiple Wing Configuration: Wings Up: Obviously for landing. Also allows engineers access to warp coils (starboard coil is under hull plates McCoy painted ship name on). Also, the Klingons can stage planet surface raids, with troops landed near their targets. Wings Horizontal: This has to do with center of gravity (or trim if you are a pilot). When the wings are raised or lowered, the CoG passes vertically though the ship's decks up and down. It follows that optimum cruising performance (warp or impulse speed) is achieved with the CoG on the same 'level' as the warp coils. Wings Down: This has to do with moment arm. Put simply, given two disks of the same mass, one with large diameter and one with small diameter, the smaller diameter disk will spin faster given the same rotational energy input. It follows that in a dogfight, the BoP would utilize this configuration. Also, the cannon are located closer together, and therefore the blast impacts will be located closer. One can still go to warp, but energy will have to be applied to offset the off-center trim. And a BoP doesn't have a lot of energy to spare. 2. Size. I postulate that there is only one size of BoP - the size we saw in ST4 (smaller than Defiant). I further assume that all BoPs have this ability - that's why they are still in service. Regarding differences in scale as seen in different images - disregard. Otherwise you have the BoP from ST3 enormous compared to the Merchantman - but small when seen in ST4. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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