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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Eclipse: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by koy'peled Oy'tio: [qb]For some reason it seems that a nacelle that pulls may be more efficient then a pushing nacelle...there has got to be a better word than push and pull.[/qb][/QUOTE]Well, I think there's a difference between saying whether the nacelles are front- or rear-mounted and saying whether they pull or push. The way I've always vizualized the warp field working is, as the TNGTM states, a peristaltic action. So, in a sense, there's 'pull' at the front and 'push' at the back. Where does the net force act? If at the centre of each nacelle, then we could reasonably say that the [i]Sovereign[/i] class is indeed a 'pusher' -- mostly, as this force would have to be transmitted forward along the nacelle pylons. Perhaps this is where the sharp backwards sweep of the pylons comes from? In that case, what about the [i]Intrepid[/i]'s near lack of fore/aft sweep? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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