Excelsior-class Dimensions
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 5:23 pm
Hi, wasn't sure where to put this. I was working on my own Star Trek project, and doing some research and whilst stumbling along the dimensions for the Excelsior-class I found that whilst your site states the length at 467 metres and the height to be 100 metres, which is a length to height ratio of 4.67, all other sources that I can find point to a ratio of around 5.9. I have checked several different schematics/drawings and measured the length and height in pixels for comparison, as well as dimensions given elsewhere, and all of them come to around a 5.9-6.1 range. Thus, the only thing that I can determine from all of this is that the Excelsior, if it is 467 metres as suggested on here, the height should be no more than 80 metres. This is of course a large discrepancy, and I truly hope you don't mind mentioning it. It is just that I use DITL for a lot of information and have for about two decades, and I hope that the information is useful to you.
Several examples state the Excelsior to be 511.25 metres long and 87.67 metres in height, which is clearly a length:height ratio discrepancy compared to DITL, as the length is higher than DITL but the height smaller. However, the height I have given (80 m) is using your length of 467 metres, as I have no reason to dispute that.
Given a height of 80 metres, and using the same height per deck ratio as you use, the Excelsior should have 22 decks instead of 28.
I really truly hope that you find this information useful, and it is not meant be picky or anything, I just thought I would offer some insight into what I have found.
Thanks for listening, Tinadrin.
Several examples state the Excelsior to be 511.25 metres long and 87.67 metres in height, which is clearly a length:height ratio discrepancy compared to DITL, as the length is higher than DITL but the height smaller. However, the height I have given (80 m) is using your length of 467 metres, as I have no reason to dispute that.
Given a height of 80 metres, and using the same height per deck ratio as you use, the Excelsior should have 22 decks instead of 28.
I really truly hope that you find this information useful, and it is not meant be picky or anything, I just thought I would offer some insight into what I have found.
Thanks for listening, Tinadrin.