> Eric replied to me: >>> This one is a bit smaller than the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. It is >>> marginally thinkable to move it on the ground, so I went that way. >> >> huge tires or huge ground pressure? > > 100,000 lbs. per sf. Extremely high. > >> you'll always want this thing moving at high speed? > > Yes, fast enough that there is significant aerodynamic lift > and three quarters of the fans can shut down. > >> yes, but perhaps restrained at a few tons' capacity (for crates of >> supplies, and for villains, nefarious cargo) > > Multirole VTOL gunship/transports. > >> this is part of my theme -- where will you land this? > > On special airports. A reinforced concrete landing pads and > ramps to the oversized maintenance hangars. Other than that, > the only reason to land is bulk resupply of jet fuel and > ordnance, which might be on improvised forward bases. Then > the fans must keep turning to take most of the weight.
THIS scenario calls for cranes for the crates - if possible at all … When the carrier is hovering close above ground, the wind speed on ground, caused by the fans, must be enormous. I doubt that someone could walk close to it - or stand nearby. Perhaps the carrier should have that thing that hovercrafts have (sorry, can't remember the correct term; that thing that keeps the air under the hovercraft), just for this manoeuvre. > > Regards, > Onno -- Thomas Thrien Allemagne Geo 51° 28' 12" N 7° 32' 17" E Es heißt, der Klügere gibt nach. Doch wenn die Klügeren immer nachgeben, dann passiert nur noch, was die Dummen wollen … Of course it has a meaning when a black cat crosses your way from left to right … It means, that the cat, coming from your left, wants to go somewhere right from you ... _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
