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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fructose: [QB] Funny that you mention that about carrying more cargo, beacuse the C-141 was stretched to carry more cargo in the 70's. And, the A-10 was designed for battlefield interdiction, and that's what it does today. But changing the external characteristics of something requires a bit of reasearch and development on its own. Especially in the realm of aerodynamics, which would probably be anologyous to warp dynamics. The ST:TNG Tech Manual talks about the shape of structures and their placement affecting the warp dynamics. I would imagine changing the shape of such a large structure as the warp engine would have many effects that would need to be addressed before they made the changes. A "for instance" would be the addition of winglets on large aircraft. That apparently simple addition of adding a mini-wing on the tips of the wings requires lots of engineering. The areodynamics of the wing are changed quite dramatically when they are added. And getting them designed right takes a lot of work. That's why they didn't just slap winglets onto all existing planes. I imagine that changing the warp engines shape and size would also require lots of reasearch and the precieved benifits don't outweigh the costs of doing that. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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