It’s a fin on the top, for aerodynamics
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Zectivi@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I never knew there was a difference. Is it just the nacelle placement and the little “hump” just aft of the saucer?
Johnhones@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Also those racing stripes make it look real sharp
Zectivi@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I may not be a smart person, but aerodynamics… in space?
Ummdustry@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
drag dynamic forces are proportional to:
- The denisty of the medium.
- The velocity of the moving body (squared).
Interstellar space might be very undense, peaking at about 10^-15 kg/m^3… However the enterprise E is very fast, with warp 9.9 being approx 20,000 c or 610^13 m/s, and that matters twice as much This puts the overall cosmodymanic forces at Cd * 3.610^12 N/m^2 or approximately the same as experienced by a dunesque Sandworm going mach 30.
So sure why not, Einstein and Newton are dead so can’t complain, and I’m pretty sure I could beat up Bill Nye.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 11 months ago
Docking bay also sticks out more in the back in the Nemesis version
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nemesis Enterprise got booty.
metaStatic@kbin.social 11 months ago
I like big docks and I cannot lie
Bonehead@kbin.social 11 months ago
That's only because the nacelle pylons moved forward a little and got wider.