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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [QB] I mentioned this a few months ago, but I think the weights in the TNG and DS9 Tech Manuals are much too high. Using simple geometry, I calculated the volume of the TOS Enterprise to be about 200,000 cubic meters. Modern warships, which are our closest comparisons to Starfleet ships, must have a density of less than 1 ton per cubic meter or they'd sink in water. If Enterprise has roughly the same density as a modern ship, she can't weigh much more than 200,000 tons. Therefore, I think Franz Joseph's figures are better than the TNG figures, regardless of whether they are canon or not. I haven't figured out volumes for other ships, but I can't believe that Intrepid, which looks about the same size as Enterprise, is 3.5 times more dense. You would think that more advanced ships would actually become less dense and lighter as materials become stronger. Also, the shuttlecraft and runabout weights seem a too low in comparison to the TNG ship weights. If we assume that Danube is roughly boxed shaped, its volume is about 1700 cubic meters. But since its weight is only 158 tons, its density is about 0.09 tons (i.e., 90 kg) per cubic meter or about 1/10 that of water. Same with the type 10 shuttlecraft: its volume (assuming a box) is 188 cubic meters, but its weight is only 20 tons. Its density is again about 100 kg per cubic meter. A possible explanation for this discrepancy (very dense capital ships and very airy shuttlecraft) is that capital ships and shuttlecraft must be constructed in very different ways with very different materials and equipment. An alternative explanation is that whoever thought up these figures doesn't know what they're talking about. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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