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Onno Meyer, 2015-03-02
Heavy Transport Tiltrotor v1.0 (TL9)
Copyright 2015 by Onno Meyer
The Heavy Transport Tiltrotor is intended for planets with a limited
transport infrastructure. It combines the vertical takeoff and landing
capability of a helicopter with the speed and range of a conventional
plane. Under earthlike conditions, it can carry 12 tons of cargo up to
1,600 miles, depending on the grade of the fuel. Alternatively, 70
passengers can sit or stand in the cargo bay.
The turbines burn 495 gallons of alcohol or 412.5 gallons of gasoline
or diesel per hour at 360 mph routine speed in plane mode. A full load
of fuel alcohol is $1,000.
Subassemblies: Body +5, six Retractable Wheels +1, two Wings +3, two
Multiple Main Rotors +2, two Pods +3.
Powertrain: Two 3,750-kW tiltrotor drivetrains; two 3,750-kW standard
gas turbines; 280,000-kWs advanced batteries.
Fuel: 2,000 gallons alcohol (fire on 8).
Occ: 2 RCS, 20 folding CS. Cargo: 1,000 cf.
Armor F RL B T U
Body: 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10
Wheels: 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10
Wings: 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10
Rotors: 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30
Pods: 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10
Equipment:
Body: Two long-range radios; medium cellular phone; two long-range
tight-beam radios; two x4 LLTVs; 45-mile air-search radar, no targeting;
flight recorder; two sets of navigation instruments; two transponders;
two inertial navigation systems; two global positioning systems; four C3
small computers; two terminals; full fire suppression system; cargo
ramp; refueling probe; 72-man environmental controls; cramped toilet.
Statistics
Size: 60'x90'x24' Payload: 36,000 lbs. Lwt.: 60,000 lbs.
Volume: 3,096 cf Maint.: 7 man-hours Price: $1,909,450
HT: 8. HPs: 900 Body, 38 each Wheel, 225 each Wing, 450 each Rotor,
113 each Pod.
Helicopter Mode
aSpeed: 300 aAccel: 4 aDecel: 28 aMR: 7 aSR: 6
Ceiling 3,240 yards
Plane Mode
aSpeed: 600 aAccel: 9 aDecel: 28 aMR: 7 aSR: 6
Stall Speed 140 Ceiling 11,640 yards
Design Notes
Body is 2,400 cf, with very good streamlining. Wheels are 120 cf,
retract into Body. Wings are 180 cf each, folding. Rotors are 48 cf
each, folding. Pods are 120 cf each. Structure is light, standard. Armor
is standard composite. Sealed. Tanks are light, self-sealing.
Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 253.1465 cf of
empty space in the Body, 27.75 cf in each Wing, 9.375 cf in each Pod.
Empty weight is 24,000 lbs.
The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third
printing, July 2010 errata], Vxi, and VXii (including the armor volume
rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite.
Next Week: A Traveller grav flyer.
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