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Whatever happened to variable geometry pylons?
killdozer9211
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Voyager had these, and it seemed like they were supposed to be the way of the future for starfleet ships. So why aren't more recent starfleet designs using this new technology?
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The last thing I want giving out under stress is my wonky, too gidgitty for its own good warp pylon...
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Even with Voyager the gimmick seemed kind of pointless, unless having the nacelles in their lowered profile somehow made the ship more aerodynamic for landing. I could see the point of it on a test bed vehicle or warp sciences research ship but not on a ship of the line and whose to say there isn't a bit of flex in those pylons on existing ships to allow for a little fine tuning, we know that they are all held together by various forcefields anyway, turn those off and our pretty ships would flop around like half inflated balloons.
It's gimmicky and takes more work to design (and maintain!).
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very true, i never thought of that...
except for the Excelsior class. they are mostly giant solid parts instead of a massive collection of sub assemblies, and very different from most other ships from a manufacturing and construction perspective. (also very expensive for its size to build, partially for the aforementioned manufacturing reasons, partially because it has a very large warp core for its size.)
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Exactly my sentiments
but sadly like the F14, such a technology is deemed redundant
well I think sensors pretty much do that already.
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Tell that to the new Dyson ships.
It's bad enough when I can only get the saucer-section of my Galaxy to dock back in half the time.
One time I had to get some Red Shirts to get out and help it in... in retrospect, that was a bad idea right from the beginning.
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I think she means that the hinge point itself is where the friction is. Think of a squeaking door hinge. It is not the air that causes it to grind, but the metal on metal. Same with oil in the motor engine. It is the metal on metal, when not properly lubricated causes the most damage and wear on the parts.
As for the actual topic at hand: yeah, it has less to do with friction and more to do with stress. Turning at speeds beyond C would do quite a number on just about anything.
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