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, 2009-02-16
Exploration Lifter v1.0 (TL10) Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer The Exploration Lifter is used by small scout teams on underdeveloped colony worlds. The fusion reactor has enough fuel to power the fans for for more than a century, a clear advantage over conventional aircraft. With two large pontoons, the Exploration Lifter can land on water and dry land. The four seats are arranged in two rows, pilot and copilot in front and two observers in the rear. The aircraft carries basic aerial mapping sensors, but it is designed for short hops, frequent landings, and hands-on surveys. Subassemblies: Body +4, two Pontoons +3. Powertrain: Six 625-kW vectored ducted fans; 4,000-kW fusion reactor; eight 360,000-kWs rechargeable power cells. Occ: 4 RCS. Cargo: 60 cf Armor F RL B T U All: 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 Equipment: Body: Two very-long-range radios; medium laser communicator; two 10x LLTVs; 50-mile radar; 5-mile multiscanner; low-resolution planetary survey array; two flight data recorders; navigation instruments; two transponders; inertial navigation system; two global positioning systems; two C5 minicomputers; four terminals; compact fire suppression system; two 4x1 man-day limited life systems; 4 crashwebs. Statistics Size: 24'x12'x8' Payload: 2,000 lbs. Lwt.: 10,000 lbs. Volume: 1,000 cf Maint.: 26 hours Price: $594,455 HT: 12. HPs: 375 Body, 188 each Pontoon aSpeed: 600 aAccel: 30 aDecel: 14 aMR: 3.5 aSR: 4 Stall Speed 0. Ceiling 12,550 yards. Design Notes Body is 600 cf, with lifting body and very good streamlining. Pontoons are 200 cf each. Structure is standard, light. Armor is standard metal. Sealed. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 78.83 cf empty space. Empty weight is 8,000 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, January 2007 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A passenger flyer. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
