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Wes
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I do belive the Joystick in Insurrection wasnt meant to be taken that seriously. I think it was just a little joke to keep up with the lighter feel of the movie even durring a battle.

Its placement was meant to look goofy.


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Sol System
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It's a good thing no real vessel is controlled by anything as silly as a wheel.
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Siegfried
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Well, Sol, we're comparing submarines with starships. Submarines are more sluggish, travel slower, and travel through a thicker medium than a starship. A steering wheel is feasible for submarines, cars, and planes. For a starship though? As I said above, maybe for sublight but not for warp.

On the other hand, I'm not so sure that pic is for real. That middle seaman has what looks to be a cup a Starbucks sitting in the console cupholder.


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AndrewR
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I don't know about anyone else, but my steering wheel, in my car - doesn't allow me to go in the z-axis... nor even in the y-axis - the acceleratrix and the velocitator does that. ;o)

AANNNNNNDDDD my car doesn't go in the x-axis directly - it does a TURN... why would a space-ship need to do a three-point-turn in space!?!

Why a long arc!?!

Thisi si such a dumb gimmicy idea.

Maybe they are gathering as many fan annoyances from Voyager and Insurrection and using them in Enterprise (plus that is a STUUPPID name for a title... get ORIGINAL please)

Deep Space Nine - fair enough... but then VOYAGER and then ENTERPRISE - getting old.

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Sol System
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What would you prefer they call it? Eric Spiegelman's Incredible Racing Adventure?
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TSN
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What makes you think the steering wheel is going to be something that the helmsmen keeps both hands on in the 10:00 and 2:00 positions while using it to make turns? It;s entirely possible that it serves some real purpose while looking like a steering wheel.

After all, the other ships are flown w/ buttons. In a car, buttons control the radio, heater/air conditioning, and open the trunk. Is that therefore what the buttonson the E-D helm controls must do, also?


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Siegfried
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Personally, I always assumed that some of the helm buttons on the Enterprise-D led to secret computer files of Wesley Crusher's porn collection.
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deadcujo
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We don't know for sure that it's a steering wheel, maybe it's some sort of gauge or a release for something. Like something they'd have on a submarine to seal the doors. But maybe I'm wrong and it is in fact a steering wheel. How lame. :-\

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Picard: Mr. Crusher, what's our maximum speed this week?
Wesley: [checking manual] Uh, 9.4, sir.
Picard: Very good. Take us to Warp 9.8 then.
Wesley: Aye, sir. Warp 9.2 it is.

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Siegfried
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DeadCujo, according to TrekWeb the steering wheel is next to a joystick on the helm console. So it looks like it is for flight control and not as a valve or door-lock mechanism. I dunno, maybe they'll make it fit in and work okay. If not, the helm station can be engulfed in explosions in a future episode and be replaced with a new module minus the wheel.
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