Forum:The issue of lenght for different fighter craft (Fleet Junkies, come on in)

Forums &gt; Knowledge Bank &gt;  Most of our articles use length as a measure of nose-to-rear length, and width as a wingspan/right-left length. However, with some articles where there is only a length measure and no width measure, it isn't always easy to know if the length is truly representative of nose-to-rear. Especially when their portrayals in different media make them look bigger or smaller than their listed lenghts indicate.

Take the Shadow Droid, for example. It has a length of 6 meters, presumably nose-to-rear. However, that would give it a wingspan of 9 meters or something, making it almost as big as an A-Wing. These same droids were plucked out of the air by X-1 Vipers, which were shown to be no taller than an AT-ST (8 meters tall). Since this makes no sense to me, I'd apprecciate if whoever has the sources on the Shadow Droid article could confirm the 6 meter nose-to-rear measure, or change it to width or wingspan if I'm right.

Similarly, look at the YT-2400. By measures of its cockpit compared to that of an YT-1300, as well as the 2400's size in Shadows of the Empire, I'd say its about as big as the midsection of a 1300. However, going by the length measure being nose-to-rear, the two craft are equal in size. Again, can someone with sources confirm/deny this?

Thanks. DarthMRN 11:42, 31 March 2007 (UTC)