Re: A problem to solve

> The tonnage would be 1 ton per 2700 cubic feet.
>
> But isn't the surface area of a circle equal to pi * square radius?????
> Which would be something like:
>
> 270 * ( 3,14.... ) 2 = 2645 square ft. times the height = 2645 * 220 =
> 581900 cubic feet.
> This dimension divided by 2700 to get the amount of tons we get = 215
> tons.
> Large but not immense. Compute the dimensions of the Illithid Dreadnaught
> with these numbers.......

Sorry to be a pain but pi*square of the radius is more like:-
270*270*(3.14etc) = 229022 sq feet.
This gives 50384862 cubic feet or a tonnage of 18661.

You need rather a lot more than your normally available helm to get this
ship spaceborne....
One for those sun-mages of Astromundi perhaps?

Resuming lurker mode
Michael Phillips