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, 2013-04-08
LSP HM-50 Modular Helicopter v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL9) Copyright 2013 by Onno Meyer Ling developed the HM-50 for worlds without a contragrav industry. The large helicopter can lift standard cutter modules up to 150 stons. It is often used to move station modules from place to place. The HM-50 carries the cylindrical cutter module between two sections connected by a spine. Each section mounts an electric motor for one of the twin rotors, with a shaft between the two gearboxes running through the spine. The forward section contains the cockpit and a cramped cabin for passengers or a relief crew. The rear contains the fusion reactor. With a module in place, the helicopter has the classic "flying banana" shape. The helicopter is harder to operate than a cutter, especially when it comes to the recovery of modules in the field. Fly-by-wire controls and two cameras help, but if possible there will be observers on the ground. Subassemblies: Body +6, eight retractable Wheels +2, two MMR Rotors +3. Powertrain: Two 25,000-kW MMR rotor drivetrains; 50,000-kW fusion reactor; five 270,000-kWs rechargeable power cells. Occ: 5 RCS, 5 folding CS. Cargo: 300 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 Wheels: 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 Rotors: 4/40 4/40 4/40 4/40 4/40 Equipment: Body: Two very-long-range radios; medium-range laser communicator; two x10 LLTVs; two 50-mile radars; 5-mile radscanner; flight data recorder; two sets of navigation instruments; two transponders; inertial navigation system; three C4 minicomputers; five terminals; two full fire suppression systems; 2x10 man-days limited life system; cramped toilet. External: Intrinsic modular coupling for 15,000 cf and 150 tons. Statistics Size: 120'x60'x30' Payload: 154 tons Lwt.: 250 tons Volume: 10,400/25,400 cf Maint.: 24 man-hours Price: $24,790,100 HT: 12. HPs: 18,000 Body, 600 each Wheel, 9,000 each Rotor aSpeed: 300 aAccel: 3 aDecel: 8 aMR: 2 aSR: 6 Stall Speed 0. Design Notes Body is 10,000 cf, with good streamlining. Wheels are 500 cf, retract into Body. Rotors are 200 cf each. Structure is extra-heavy, cheap. Body and Wheel armor is cheap metal, Rotor armor is cheap composite. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 3,578.99 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 192,000 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, July 2010 errata], T:MC, VXi, and VXii (including the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A really fast ATV. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
