Somehow I imagined the lower wing structure on that thing to be curved slightly...
Posted by lennier1 (Member # 1309) on :
@Topher: Which one? I guess you�re talking about the pylons. The orthos of the original sketch contradict each other so I chose the one that looks more Ambassador-like since the whole ship looks like a successor of the Ambassador-Class.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
I was referring to Paul's aerowing design... Seems to me the lower wing should be curved a bit. Of course, the curvature of it all depends on where on the ship you're going to stick it.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
The Areowing looks cool but it's either 1/3 the length of Voyager's or it's rendered both to tall and too stubby (the Aeroiwing design is as long as a Runabout, but actually a much larger ship with almost twice the mass).
If your intent is for some sort of shorter "Aerowing variant", I'd make the surface details a lot diffrent to reflect the smaller scale. currently it looks like a workbee with aerowing parts.
Really good start though!
Posted by lennier1 (Member # 1309) on :
I�m planning to dock 1 or 2 of them in a cutout bay in the secondary hull (the place where the mystery bay of the Excelsior-Class vessels was. That�s also why I�m using a smaller scale than the one of the original drawings. The new purpose of them is to be used on occasions where the assigned shuttle and the assigned Runabout aren�t powerful enough to do the job (e.g. missions in extremely dense atmospheres or clearing dense asteroid fields).
Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :
Those look really nice.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Hmmm...the Aerowing needs some details: mainly a entry hatch....I'd make the forward viewport about a third as large as well (assuming it's supposed to be close to the length of a "regular" aerowing). It looks kinda go-cartish just now with the cutsey giant windshield.
How long is it supposed to be?
Not knocking it: just trying to get asense of scale on it.
Posted by lennier1 (Member # 1309) on :
Jason, it�s still in the early WIP phase. The aerowing will be about the size of a TNG cargo shuttle (need small two-seaters since the ship might have two of them). The VOY aerowing was meant as a mix between a captains yacht and a Runabout but this baby is only meant as heavy shuttle for missions where the normal ones are pretty useless because of their limitations.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Ah: that makes sense I suppose. I'd make the wing thickness about half it's current amount then. Or make them functional by inlaying sensors or something.
Voyager's Aerowing is actually far larger than a Captain's Yacht (just with less interior room).
Mabye usethe Defiant's cahffe shuttle as a basis for the front? It's already got that kind of deflector going for it...
Posted by lennier1 (Member # 1309) on :
Well, the wings will get a few sensors on the underside for sensor sweeps of planetary surfaces and the aft part will house exhaust ports for venting various gaseous materials (e.g. the "Riker maneuver" (sp?). Concerning the basic look of the front part I�m pretty safisfied with it right now (of course some additional gridlines are still missing but that�s another story) because it incorporates elements from the normal speedboat shuttle and Rick Sternbach�s old TNG shuttles. The only part I�m still not sure about is that step on the aft part of the NSPs. Maybe a small mine launcher or something similar to today�s chaffs/flares would be suitable for that place.
Well, I�ll see about that free space when I get to that area next weekend. The most important gridlines should be complete by Monday to give her her more of her final look.
Posted by Lobo (Member # 669) on :