OMG! Design the next USS ENTERPRISE (Offical Contest)

[Fuzzy Modem]

How does this look? (I just tilted them a bit)

 

[sloweye]

See how it look with the nacells tilted the other way, i think it would make her more imposing.
I just think this makes her look, for want of a better discription, like a sad bug.
Maybe lower or shorten the pylons a little too?

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

Original:

Down:

Up:

 

[sloweye]

Yeah, i like up better. looks alot more imposeing.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

Digesting these changes.

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I'm worried about the bussard collectors. Am I drifting too far into the fantastical and too far away from the practical?

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

I'm liking these:

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Enlarged Bussard collectors:

The nacelles are also a bit thinner, and I've decreased the height of the neck slightly.

 

[sloweye]

I think the origonal collectors more, but the shorter plylons work well.

 

[Pyan]

Is it my computer at fault ? All the pictures posted by FM have vanished, but the thumbnails and links are still there...

 

[sloweye]

Must be your computer, i still see them fine. Although when i viewed the thread on my phone thismorning they didn't come up.

I think the origonal collectors more, but the shorter plylons work well.

That should have said... i think i like the.......

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

My site is down apparently. In the meantime I can host images on Facebook.

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Nevermind. It's back up.

 

[sloweye]

Yeah, i like the old collectors more. these make her look abit boss-eyed.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

Boss-eyed? Do you mean cross eyed?

I'm thinking of thickening the neck and pulling it forward:
http://crossovercomic.com/media/extras/Unrelated/startrek_contest/orthos_big_notes_01a.jpg

Same as my othos above, but much larger with lots of marks and notations. I'll be updating it through out the day. Please feel free to add your two cents, and I'll make changes and render more perspective shots tonight.

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Ah.

Adj. 1. boss-eyed - (British informal) cross-eyed
(Medicine / Pathology) Informal having a squint
[from boss to miss or bungle a shot at a target (dialect)]

 

[sloweye]

That link isn't opening form me mate.

Dont forget that the collectors need to be open ended in order to collect, i had a look so i didn't sound stupid.

Bussard collector Device usually affixed to the forward end of the warp nacelles that serves to collect interstellar hydrogen atoms for fuel replenishment, also referred to as Bussard ramscoop. The Bussard collector assembly consists of a set of coils which generate a magnetic field that channels the stray particles into the collector (generic).
The Bussard collector is named for the 20th century physicist and mathematician Robert W. Bussard. The Oberth class and the Excelsior class (original design) have no visible Bussard collectors. The upgraded Excelsior version (Enterprise-B) has what looks like Bussard collectors, although they seem to be ineffective, because they are hidden behind the saucer hull from the perspective of an incoming hydrogen atom (a possible design flaw). Hidden Bussard collectors obviously violate Gene Roddenberry design rule #3. Read more about the design rules in the Starship Design Guidelines.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

That link isn't opening form me mate.

Dont forget that the collectors need to be open ended in order to collect, i had a look so i didn't sound stupid.

My site is being flakey today. It seem to be working now. If you try again and it's still broken, I'll host of Facebook.

Don't the bussard collectors simply need to have line of sight with the front angle?

My belief is that if you can see red from the front, you're okay, and I'll give them some transparency and show the mechanism's guts a bit.

 

[sloweye]

I though they made the end's look the way they did to stop all the hate mail ( ) from science boffins. I seem to remember the ends slide back, but i cant be 100% on that.
There is a link contained in the quote i posted, on starship design guidlines. might be worth checking out to give you a head's up.

(i'll give the link another go,,,, no, just cuts to server not found.)

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

My website is still being flakey, so I'm hosting this on Facebook. Let me know when you start seeing my previously posted images again please. Thanks.

New neck:

 

[sloweye]

I could see all the others, it was just that last one was missing for me. Everything else was showing fine on my computer.

 

[Fuzzy Modem]

I could see all the others, it was just that last one was missing for me. Everything else was showing fine on my computer.

Probably cached.

I appreciate the link. Perusing now...

[edit] How is it that the deflector dish doesn't deflect the particles that the bussard collector collects?

 

[sloweye]

No prob's, it would be nice to see you do well when the comp opens

 

[alchemist]

I've been silently watching this thread for a while, because I didn't have much to offer in the way of advice. I just have to say, however, FM, that I'm seriously impressed with your design skills. Good luck with the competition!