Roger replied to me: > >A sea carrier gets small loads by plane, C-2 Greyhound, and bulk > >resupply by replenishment at sea. The sky carrier equivalent of > >RAS would be another giant aircraft, flying alongside the carrier > >and hoisting sling loads over. That doesn't sound like a good idea > >in the air. > > Or doing a hard dock - both aircraft at low speed, simply latching on > to each other - and transferring supplies the easy way?
3E has several options for a hard dock of two aircraft. External cradles or hardpoint mounts. But we're talking about hundreds of tons of equipment, on an aircraft with a small payload percentage. My skycarrier is more than 80% engines and power, and a cradle for a 2,000-ton transport aircraft would be five percent of the remainder. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
