The Bird-of-Prey first appeared in Star Trek III, The Search for Spock and was designed to be 360' long, or 109. All the new artwork has been designed by STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION and STAR TREK: VOYAGER’s senior illustrator Rick Sternbach, who is the world’s leading expert on STAR TREK technology, with CG renders produced by STAR TREK VFX artist Adam ‘Mojo’ Lebowitz. According to the Haynes Klingon Bird-of-Prey Workshop Owners' Manual, this is because when the Klingons come upon a design that works, they use it over and over again, often scaling it up and down as it becomes necessary.
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This Haynes Manual is fully authorized by CBS. In addition, the Manual provides a unique insight into life on board a Klingon ship and the Rotarran’s glorious history in the Dominion War. Rotarran in unprecedented detail.įeaturing a stunning cutaway drawing and, for the first time ever, detailed deck plans and incredible new computer-generated artwork, the Haynes Bird-of-Prey Manual is a technical tour of the ship’s systems, from the bridge and engineering rooms to the disruptors, torpedo launcher, and the all-important cloaking device. It then proceeds to examine General Martok’s famous ship the I.K.S. This Haynes Manual traces the origins of a Bird-of-Prey from the moment it is commissioned by one of the Great Houses and constructed at the shipyards of the Klingon Naval Academy. The ship itself is stripped back and lean, with everything designed for a single purpose-war.
Life on board is harsh and brutal, with any sign of weakness leading to a challenge to the death. The Bird-of-Prey is the classic Klingon starship-a tough raiding and scouting vessel that has served at the heart of the Klingon Defense Force for more than a hundred years.
More importantly, the program helped validate new ways to design and build aircraft using large single-piece composite structures, as well as “virtual reality” computerized design and assembly and disposable tooling.An all-new Star Trek technical manual of the legendary Klingon Bird of Prey, presented in the world-renowned Haynes Manual format! While it didn’t boldly go where no one had gone before, the YF-118G took to the skies a total of 38 times, and it was used to determine ways to make aircraft less observable not only to radar but also to the eye. Sci-fi fans should also appreciate that the experimental craft was tested at the top-secret “Area 51,” where it made its debut flight in 1996. The ship has been a fan favorite, which explains why a very real yet experimental aircraft developed by McDonnell Douglas and Boeing in the 1990s received the moniker “Bird of Prey.” Unlike the Klingon ship, the Boeing YF-118G doesn’t feature a “cloaking device” to make it invisible to the naked eye as well as scanners, yet the black project aircraft was in fact developed to demonstrate stealth technology.Īs part of a secret project that ran from 1992 to 1999, the single-seat aircraft was actually a demonstrator used to test “low observable” stealth techniques as well as new methods of aircraft design and construction. It was first introduced in the 1984 film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and has appeared in five of the films and frequently appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.
The YF-118G, explained: The Paramount+ streaming service could practically rebrand itself “ Star Trek TV” – although it is also the home to the acclaim Yellowstone prequel 1883. Fans of the Star Trek series are likely familiar with the Klingon “Bird of Prey,” which remains one of the most common fictional starships to appear in the franchise.
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