On 12/09/2007, Eric Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TL8 Pigeon > > > P&P: 4,400-kWs advanced battery, 0.966 sf solar cell [Vehicle], 0.3-kW > > ornithopter drivetrain (no access space) [Wings]. > > ok, 0.04kW from solar...
.039, according to GVB, if you want to get picky. :) > > Equipment > > All: modest sound baffling (-2 hearing modifier); self-sealing hull. > > Body: short range radio communicator (10-mile range; scrambler); LLTV > > (magnification x1); inertial compass; tiny robot brain (complexity 1, > > +0 DX; compact); thermograph (scan 7, 0.25-mile range); 40mm > > self-destruct (normal HE warhead; self destruct). > > well, does it need this sound baffling/stealth? Probably not really, but at a mere 1.06 lbs and $53.1, being able to flap up on someone from behind with less of a chance them noticing before it's too late seems worth the cost. > /sealed/ as opposed to waterproof? TL8 battlefield, chemical weapons - seemed safer to have it than have a whole flock drop out of the sky when the Other Side finds a way to have them eaten out from the inside. > > Aerial Performance, backswept: Stall Speed 65 mph, Drag 0.048, Top > > Speed 215 mph, aAccel 0.7 mph/s, aMR 37, aSR 3, aDecel 150 mph/s. > > > > Aerial Performance, outswept: Stall Speed 35 mph, Drag 0.048, Top > > Speed 110 mph, aAccel 0.7 mph/s, aMR 38, aSR 3, aDecel 150 mph/s. > > > > Operating Duration: 8 H 5 M 39 S. > > ok, do you need this thing to be able to travel 1700 miles? Not necessarily - but it offers a good amount of time to just fly in the target area waiting for someone to pop their head off. > > Ceiling: 8,000 * ln(215 / 65) = 9,570 yards > > are these things to be dropped or launched? Launched from whatever friendly airbase happens to be closest, in the source material. Thank you for your time, -- DataPacRat VA3BOS "You shall not accept any information, unless you verify it for yourself. I have given you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brain, and you are responsible for using them." -- Qur'an 17:36, Khalifa translation. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
