This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the GURPSnet mailing list. I grant the permission for all non-commercial redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on a website or the like. My site is down for rebuilding, but sooner or later the old stuff should reappear at omeyer.gmxhome.de Onno Meyer, 2007-12-24
Space Racer v1.0 (TL9) Copyright 2007 by Onno Meyer Once space travel becomes common, there could be sporting ships like this Space Racer. She has a needle-shaped hull with a large engine and small wings to minimize atmospheric drag. The fusion rocket produces 6 to 10 G at full thrust, with 114 kps delta-V and 25 minutes endurance. The design assumes events combining atmospheric and orbital sections in rapid succession. Some or all avionics might be sealed to challenge the skills of the pilot rather than the competence of the technical support team ... Subassemblies: Body +3, four retractable Wheels +0, two Wings -1. Powertrain: 24,000-lb. fusion rocket; 270,000-kWs rechargeable power cell. Fuel: 200 gallons water. Occ: 1 NCS. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 Wings: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 Wheels: 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 Equipment: Body: Long range radio; 10-mile radar; 5-mile thermograph; flight data recorder; navigation instruments; two transponders; inertial navigation system; two C3 small computers; terminal; 12 man-hours limited life system; G-seat. Statistics Size: 10'x15'x6' Payload: 0.95 tons Lwt.: 2 tons Volume: 250 cf Maint.: 8 hours Price: $6,177,538 HT: 10. HPs: 94 Body, 6 each Wheel, 6 each Wing. gSpeed: 965 gAccel: 50 gDecel: 10 gMR: 0.5 gSR: 4 Ground Pressure High. Off-Road Speed 1/6. aSpeed: 5,475 aAccel: 120 aDecel: 4 aMR: 1 aSR: 5 Stall Speed 115 mph. sAccel: 6 sMR: 6 Delta-V 255,469 mph Design Notes Body is 246 cf, with radical streamlining. Wheels are 12.3 cf, retract into body. Wings are 2 cf. Structure is extra-light, advanced, and responsive. Armor is advanced, fire-proof ablative. Sealed. Tanks are ultra-light. Computerized controls. There are 39.9 cf of empty space in the body and 1.4 cf in each wing. Empty weight is 2,100 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [2nd edition, 3rd printing, Dec 2004 errata] and VXii (including the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: An armed variant. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
