General Desert Products S-23 Sandspeeder v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL9)
Copyright 2013 by Onno Meyer
The Sandspeeder was designed as a simpler alternative to a contragrav
air/raft. It has stubby wings with an enhanced ground effect for flight
over sand, dry lakebeds, or water. The Sandspeeder carries four humans
or an equivalent cargo, with a cruise speed of 100 mph and a top speed
of 220 mph.
The turbofans burn 10 gallons of jet fuel per hour at normal speed or
40 gallons on afterburner. A full load of fuel is $90.
Subassemblies: Body +2, two Skids -1, two Flarecraft Wings +0.
Powertrain: Two 500-lb. afterburning super turbofans; 6,000-kWs advanced
battery.
Fuel: 30 gallons jet fuel (fire on 11).
Occ: 1 XRCS, 1 XRS, 2 folding XCS. Cargo: 0.25 cf.
Armor F RL B T U
All: 3/6 3/6 3/6 3/6 3/6
Equipment:
Body: Two medium-range radios; navigation instruments; transponder;
two global positioning systems; four crashwebs.
Statistics
Size: 8'x10'x4' Payload: 1,000 lbs. Lwt.: 2,000 lbs.
Volume: 100 cf Maint.: 76 hours Price: $69,619
HT: 12. HPs: 94 Body, 6 each Skid, 27 each Wing
gSpeed: 120 gAccel: 15 gDecel: 5 gMR: 0.5 gSR: 3
Ground Pressure Low. 1/3 Off-Road Speed.
aSpeed: 220 aAccel: 17 aDecel: 28 aMR: 7 aSR: 3
Stall Speed 40 mph.
Design Notes
Body is 80 cf. Skids are 4 cf. Flarecraft Wings are 8 cf each.
Structure is light, standard. Armor is standard metal. 12.1813 cf of
empty space in the Body and 6.105 cf in each Wing. Empty weight is 1,000
lbs.
The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third
printing, July 2010 errata], VXii and VXii (including the armor volume
rule) 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: A desert ATV.
Nice.
Looks consistent for a family / all-purpose vehicle.
What is the endurance at cruising? Max speed? I get 300miles for
cruising, or 0.75h x 220mph = 165miles at top speed.
I'd suggest increasing armor on the front and bottom with some open
frame, perhaps DR6.
Have you considered a sport, 2-man version (plus trunk) with three
turbofans?
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http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/5/54/X34-landspeeder.jpg
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Eric Funk
Knowledge Brings Fear -- Motto of Mars University, Futurama
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