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[QUOTE]Originally posted by B.J.: [QB] Not completely laughable, mind you. I'll give you a real world example - the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, which is 25% larger than its predecessor. Yes, the structure was completely redesigned for the new version (and made more efficient), but the advantage here was that the aerodynamic analysis was basically done, save for a few minor tweaks here and there. (Aerodynamics scale easily.) So the hard part was done, and there wasn't a lot of time wasted iterating different shapes and configurations, so the structures and systems people could start their work a lot earlier. Applied to Trek, you could say that the hard part of designing the hull shape and warp dynamics was reused, and they just designed a new larger interior for the shape. B.J. (BTW, I spent 2 years on the Super Hornet program as a structural design engineer.) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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