I was right, the new Enterprise is HUGE!

[darkwing_duck1]

http://trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=1255780&postcount=9

Way back when I did some eyeball and scratchpaper computations and came up with the idea that the new Enterprise was WAY bigger than the original one.

I can't be TOO far off, in the annotation free image you can plainly make out at least 3 decks, one of them appearing to be 2-3 decks tall and almost the equivilant of a deck beneath the kneeling figure at lower right.

I whipped out a copy of the TOS Connie layout and assuming she keeps the same PROPORTIONS, using 20m for the saucer rim I ballparked the following numbers for her:

LOA: 940m (3084')
Beam: 400m (1312')
Height (keel to top of nacelles): 250m (820')

(these figures +/- 5m to allow for slight measuring errors and rounding)

According to background information available at Memory Alpha, the new "Big E" is indeed MUCH larger than the original:

Class: Constitution class ship. Type: Heavy Cruiser. Registry: NCC-1701. Designer: W. Matt Jeffries [sic]. Construction Site: Starfleet Division, San Francisco Fleet Yards. Overall Mass: 495,000 metric tonnes. Length: 2500 feet. Saucer Diameter: 1100 feet. Ship Height: 625 feet

http://www.experience-the-enterprise.com/ww/

(you have to have the special picture and a webcam setup to access the site)

Another source stated the LoA as ~3000', which was right in the ballpark with my original estimate. I was talked into reducing my estimate 20%, which still puts me right in the ballpark with the 2500 LoA.

Looking at the two sets of measurements makes me realize how "tweaked" the new E really is, proportion wise.