quote:Cpt. Kyle Amasov: Ha! I thought the same thing. But for being pre-TNG there are too many corners. Seems something Eaves would have come up with. For pre-TNG, I'd add some more organic lines, for the front window and the pylons for example.
Those corners were necessary since I had already drawn the bottom half of the yacht, including the rim on the new Korolev side view.
quote:You could try to add some bussard collectors instead of type 6-hexagonal front ends for the nacelles.
The nacelle design is supposed to be inspired by the W359 marker pen nacelles. I think the ramscoops are only exposed on the forward face of the nacelle housing so you'll be able to see them when I get around to doing a front view.
quote:Masao: Nice design, especially the rear fantail. I like the fact that it's not flat bottomed, like usual shuttles.
It's about 37m long, it can afford to have space wasting curves
quote: It's going to have some sort of landing skids, I assume?
If you look at the side cutaway you can just about see the landing claws. I made them similar to Voyager's legs because that the way I had placed the forward gear hatch so high, a simple skid would be a little unstable. Aside from that it looks cool.
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My one suggestion would be that the registry is probably way too high for a pre-TNG build. Depending on how far back you think she is, I'd suggest either mid/high 6xxxx's, or something in the 70xxx range (which would put her as concurrent to the GCS). 74xxx (her current reg) is up in just-post-TNG territory, a la Voyager.
Of course, it's true that just how registries work is a bit up in the air, but it's safe to follow the general pattern.
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quote:AndrewR: I agree with Amasov... the front is too... futuristic and very Eaves-ish.
It's supposed to be futuristic, it is the 24th Century.
quote: The the 'lip' looks like the Sabre lip.
It dose? What's wrong with that then?
quote: The underside of the forward section I wouldn't make so 'empty' - bulge it out - like the Season 1 TNG shuttle - it's got like a 'frog throat'.
As I've said before, the design of the bow is already a fixed design, since that the part that is exposed on the Korolev. Besides, bulging out a ship of this size like that would only serve to create unnecessary atmospheric drag.
quote:Cpt. Kyle Amasov: You forget that this is not the prototype but just one random ship of the class. Who says they skipped production?
I'm afraid your both wrong. That's the name and reg of it's mother ship, remember that only Runabout have their own NCC numbers. The shuttle's own name disappeared because of a layering error on my part, the name is Binky.
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Very well thought out design. I can not wait to see your final product. Keep up the great work. What else are you working on other than the aquashuttle?
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