User blog comment:Starfleet Academy/Intrepid class: project landing-gear/@comment-188.2.37.204-20120706165232

Its is all correct but, the question goes to the center of gravity as well if the landing struts are on engineering hull only the ship would just tip over. But as the creators of the show say the voyagers anti-gravity thrusters are on line during whole planetary operations so that the ship does not actually land and transfer all its 700.000 tonnes but a fraction of it. And the legs are there just to provide stability and ground anchoring contact.