Smaller vehicle doesn't need as much structural reinforcement as a large vessel. Cube-square law. As a vessel doubles in length, width, height, its mass is 8 times higher, but the structural strength of its crossmembers is only 4 times higher.LaughingCheese wrote:Soo, is it the conclusion then of this thread that it would be much simpler to make a Star Wars style speeder or even a Trek shuttlecraft levitate using anti-gravity than capitol ships?
Would it be easier to adjust the anti-gravity field on a smaller vehicle?
Also, look at the requirements for a starship:
1) go to warp
2) other stuff
A floating city has to:
1) stay up
2) other stuff
So the mass needed by a larger ship for staying up will interfere with either going to warp, or its other jobs. A smaller ship can get by with smaller structural support, since if it is half the LWH of a larger vessel, it is 1/8 the mass, and its structural members are 1/4 the strength.
At least, this is my guess.