The Type 7 is a MEDIUM size ship
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Does Frontier identify it as such in their store?Uhuh,
Just like the Clipper is Gutamaya's "medium" size ship.
Erm, did I just undermine my own point or not?
Dunno but it's obviously bigger than an iCourier and smaller than a Cutter, which'd make it the "medium" ship in their line-up.
The fact that it requires a large-sized landing pad is kind of beside the point.
Same thing could be said to apply to the T7; bigger than a T6 and smaller than a T9 so it's Lakon's "medium" freighter, regardless of the size of pad it needs.
Course, the truth is that for the Clipper or the T7 to fulfill their true potential, they should both probably be medium-pad ships too.
That definitely describes my blue Sidewinder "Bad Wolf", especially after Frontier added two extra module slots.
Completely agree, I was toying with the idea of making a suggestion to make it medium-sized ship. So becoming an option for hauling to outposts. Every time I landed with my T7 I felt like a pea on a huge plate, the ship was too small for a large landing pad.
Also, according to the ship's blueprints, the T7 is actually smaller than a Python in both Lenght and width, same hull weight, less mass lock factor and being only bigger in height:
http://www.elite-dangerous-blog.co.uk/image.axd?picture=/bp/gb/python.png
http://www.elite-dangerous-blog.co.uk/image.axd?picture=/bp/gb/type-7-transporter.png
So, I guess the only reason to be a large-sized ship is the height. So I was thinking about suggesting to cut those 7 meters and put them to the sides to make a T7b or something, that would be a cheap ship for new commanders, perfect for outpost and reduce the dominance of the Python. Using all the options of the Python to barely scratch what a T7 can haul seem like a waste to me for that ship.
Also, according to the ship's blueprints, the T7 is actually smaller than a Python in both Lenght and width, same hull weight, less mass lock factor and being only bigger in height:
http://www.elite-dangerous-blog.co.uk/image.axd?picture=/bp/gb/python.png
http://www.elite-dangerous-blog.co.uk/image.axd?picture=/bp/gb/type-7-transporter.png
So, I guess the only reason to be a large-sized ship is the height. So I was thinking about suggesting to cut those 7 meters and put them to the sides to make a T7b or something, that would be a cheap ship for new commanders, perfect for outpost and reduce the dominance of the Python. Using all the options of the Python to barely scratch what a T7 can haul seem like a waste to me for that ship.
I'd love to see the forum rage if FD made them smaller to fit the pads but reduced the size of the internal modules 
You would almost think that FD did this on purpose.
All their ships have good and bad, strong and weak points.
I don't fly a T-7 so I can't comment but I do own three clippers and have no problem it being a large pad only.
It's the coolest, fastest, best handling large pad ship hands down.
What's not to like.
I shudder to think what might be given up to make it a medium pad ship.
Same with the T-7 I expect.
All their ships have good and bad, strong and weak points.
I don't fly a T-7 so I can't comment but I do own three clippers and have no problem it being a large pad only.
It's the coolest, fastest, best handling large pad ship hands down.
What's not to like.
I shudder to think what might be given up to make it a medium pad ship.
Same with the T-7 I expect.
If only medium pad hangars were about half a metre taller the T-7 would fit snuggly. As for Clippers, I think you'd have to include some folding mechanism into the nacelles a bit like the wings on some carrier based aircraft...
and lays back and has a 
and watch and waits.
"Medium" might be used to indicate different things.
T7 is medium as far as cargo capacity is concerned, but it needs a large landing pad, because of its height.
Edit: Lakon did not really think this one through, but I think it is cool to have quirks like these in the Elite galaxy.
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Heightwise it's too tall to clear the ceiling in the medium hangar.
That's what I keep telling the wife
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If FDev changed the T7 to fit on a medium pad, I might actually start using it and buy a paintjob for it.
/Hint hint nudge nudge
/Hint hint nudge nudge
FWIW, this is one of the things I actually like about flying a Type-7. Long ago I started a thread about sense of scale in this game, and how it often seems "off". Most hangers feel too small for the ships they contain, as viewed from the cockpit at least, especially the Cobra 3 in a small hangar! The Type-7 being a medium ship on a large pad compensates for this weird FOV / focal length issue, so it actually 'feels' right to me. This is on a 2D screen of course, not VR.
Of course the inability to land at an outpost is a bit of a bummer.
It is their medium in capacity i.e. between type 6 and type 9 - not "constructed to utilise medium landing pads". (As @Iskariot rightly says above.)
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