Moving an especially large object with physics

Hmm, this is an annoying one but I've been reading about it on the wiki.

Basically, I'm trying to use physics actions (llMoveToTarget, llRotLookAt) to move a very large object smoothly. However, despite it being set to phantom (since I don't care about collisions, only smooth movement without a bazillion scripts), the mass is around 17,654 "lindograms" (kg). With all of the primitives hollowed, and the object split, this can be reduced to 1,760 kg, however, I really can't reduce this any further.

Is there any way to overcome the effects of gravity on an object like this? As I say; what I want to achieve is smooth movement for both position and rotation. I'd rather not use loads and loads of llSetPos() calls across many scripts, as these go out of sync really easily with other objects and can look really bad if they do, or be too unresponsive/laggy if properly synchronised.

Short answer, nope, not to my knowledge. llMoveToTarget can only handle only so much from what I understand. What's needed is a non-phyiscal llMoveToTarget style function for smooth movement w/o all the laggy llSetPos()

Hmm, you're probably right. I looked around the JIRA for such a function but came up with nothing, so I've posted my own:
http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-2437

If anyone wants to vote for it do feel free =)

/me jumps up and down on the vote button.

Use vehicle functions. They aren't subject to mass or energy constraints. Of course, it's a little more difficult to get it going where you want it too, since they all act on local velocity rather than global velocity and position....