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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] The obvious K-7 element is the "sombrero hull", but its engineering rationale seems different in Masao's design and in the original which borrowed from this [URL=http://www.cloudster.com/RealHardware/SIVBStage/Models/Display10.jpg]Douglas Corp. study[/URL]. SB 47 is a solid structure that maximises horizontal deck area, but K-7 features these segments of slightly differing radii that slide within each other for launch (in the Douglas model) or perhaps to reveal internal cargo spaces (in the Trek interpretation that probably was not "launched" at all). Of course, with SB 47 as big as it is, there could still be segments of varying radii - so slightly varying that we can't really see the seams. A collapsible hull might help with towing the structure in place; there wouldn't be any air resistance to fight, or any tight canals to navigate through, but there might still be a warp field within which to ride... ...Although the novel itself suggests the SB 47 construction took place [i]in situ[/i]. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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