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. The files at omeyer.gmxhome.de are down until I fix the automatic PDF generation, which should be one of these days - see sourceforge.net/projects/gurpsml Onno Meyer, 2011-09-19
Delgado VacCruiser Wheeled ATV v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL6) Copyright 2011 by Onno Meyer The Delgado VacCruiser is an affordable all-terrain vehicle for moons and vacuum worlds. The ATV can transport up to ten humans and four tons of cargo. The cylindrical hull of the All-Terrain Vehicle is riding on six wire mesh wheels, with independent electric motors in each hub. The front is the cab with two seats, followed by the passenger cabin, the cargo hold, and an airlock in the rear. A short ladder leads down to the ground. On a starport tarmac, the ATV can reach 10 mph. On a typical moon, it might do 10 to 15 mph offroads. The batteries last for 24 hours at full speed. Subassemblies: Body +5, six Off-Road Wheels +3. Powertrain: 15-kW all-wheel drivetrain; 1,728,000-kWs lead-acid batteries. Occ: 2 RCS, 8 RS. Cargo: 400 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 Wheels: 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 Equipment: Body: Two medium-range radios; set of navigation instruments; two transponders; radar detector; 5-man airlock; two 10x12 man-hour limited life system. External: Hitch. Statistics Size: 40'x10'x10' Payload: 5 tons Lwt.: 35 tons Volume: 3,500 cf Maint.: 52 hours Price: $148,575 HT: 7. HPs: 750 Body, 200 each Wheel. gSpeed: 10 gAccel: 1 gDecel: 10 gMR: 0.5 gSR: 4 Ground Pressure High. 1/4 Off-Road Speed. Design Notes Body is 2,000 cf. Wheels are 1,500 cf. Structure is light, expensive. Armor is expensive metal. Sealed. 547.15 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 60,000 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, December '09 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume and massive motive subassembly rules) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. The Traveller rules affect the background and design choices, but not the technology of this vehicle. Next Week: An arctic ATV with low ground pressure. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
