If this has been asked sorry I missed it.

I'm not as familiar with EU as many but just looking at the YV-666 are the trailing 'wings' in flight or landing mode.

I'm not sure how the Engine Drive Nozzles are supposed to be represented. They point up. If that is truly flight mode then: A) shouldn't the ship be oriented similar to the Slave-1 on more of a vertical axis; B) shouldn't the ship fly in a circle similar to the Q-Wing

I know this is Sci-Fi but I'm just curious what the Engine Drive Nozzles are for? Are they just exhaust?

the FFG is in flight mode.

Landing mode looks like this:

The engine drive nozzles are mounted on the back of the ship's main body, above and forward of the wings. I suspect that the circular apertures over the wings are docking rings.

When I first opened the box, it really looked to me like it was designed to fly upside down. It just looks so much more functional that way.

The engine drive nozzles are mounted on the back of the ship's main body, above and forward of the wings. I suspect that the circular apertures over the wings are docking rings.

From: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/YV-666_light_freighter

Herm... what is the engine cooling intake taking in? The emptyness of space? The only way to cool in space is via radiation. And the TIEs are great at that due to their large solar panel areas. And you can even pretend that one of the points of the S foils are to increase surface area in order to cool in order to allow greater power consumption (and therefore heat generation) during combat.

Herm... what is the engine cooling intake taking in? The emptyness of space? The only way to cool in space is via radiation. And the TIEs are great at that due to their large solar panel areas. And you can even pretend that one of the points of the S foils are to increase surface area in order to cool in order to allow greater power consumption (and therefore heat generation) during combat.

All I say is "Hyper Drive Leakage" is one the most common problems facing starships today. What they are leaking is beyond me.

If I remember correctly (and I may not), most ships in Star Wars have 3 drive types: the hyperdrive for FTL speed, sublight engines for maneuvering within a star system at a significant fraction of c, and some sort of repulsors or thrusters for the much-slower flight in an atmosphere.

It could be that the intake nozzles are for atmospheric flight.

Herm... what is the engine cooling intake taking in? The emptyness of space? The only way to cool in space is via radiation. And the TIEs are great at that due to their large solar panel areas. And you can even pretend that one of the points of the S foils are to increase surface area in order to cool in order to allow greater power consumption (and therefore heat generation) during combat.

Atmospheric flight.

the FFG is in flight mode.

Landing mode looks like this:

So in this mode the engines point directly at the craft. But in flight mode the engines point straight up?

I think in that picture only the wings are rotated, not the whole tail assembly, so the engines are still pointed up while it is landed.

The ship, on top of being unbelievably dull looking, makes even less sense than most SW ships.

The Hound's Tooth can't freaking fly.

No. No it just can't, guys.

Interesting topic, but i find the cannons being hidden a small annoyance. Easily fixed however.