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Timothy Groves wrote:

>>     I agree, but the hammerheads still aren't exactly there. I've
>> attached a picture of my book which shows a schematic of HMS
>> Minotaur. Of course, it's not exactly the same class of ship so the
>> scale will be wrong, but the general shape and proportions of the
>> hammerheads wrt the hull is probably quite similar for all classes.
> 
> Thanks for the pic.  I actually already have it from the Baen CD,
> printed out and taped to my wall, along with several others.
> 
> I based this attempt on the hammerheads more on the pics of the Reliant
> and the Gryphon, which appear to have more conical hammerheads.
> Manticore is a completely different platform, after all.

	True enough, OTOH the only ships I've seen with truly conical
hammerheads were havenite or andermani. Manticoran hammerheads
appear to be always flattened at least a little.

	BTW, had you seen this pic (unofficial, but nice):
http://harrington.suewebik.net/obrazky/thomas/00027yzs.jpg

		Jerome
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