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. My site is down for rebuilding, but sooner or later the old stuff should reappear at omeyer.gmxhome.de Onno Meyer, 2009-05-11
OHI Automated Heavy Lift Shuttle v1.0 (TL10) Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer The Automated Heavy Lift Shuttle transports 3,000 tons of cargo (and up to 100 workers, who receive hardly more consideration than the bulk freight) from the surface of a planet to orbital factories or transfer stations. The Heavy Lift Shuttle was built around the cargo bay and four large fusion engines. The reaction mass tanks, avionics, and passengers were fitted into the remaining spaces, mostly the nose and stub wings. The shuttle needs starports with long, reinforced runways, but it provides unmatched economy of scale ... The four engines use 320,000 gallons of reaction mass per hour. Subassemblies: Body +10, twenty retractable Wheels +5. Powertrain: Four 4,000,000-lb. vectored fusion rockets; 150-kW RTG; two 360,000-kWs rechargeable E power cells. Fuel: 120,000 gallons water. Occ: 100 CS. Cargo: 300,000 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 Wheels: 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 Equipment: Body: Two extreme range radios; long-range, tight-beam radio; four 5x LLTVs; two 150-mile radars; 20-mile radscanner; two flight recorders; two sets of precision navigation instruments; two transponders; two inertial navigation systems; four C5 hardened minicomputers; two compact fire suppression systems; cargo ramp; 1-man airlock; passage tube; refueling probe; two 100x12 man-hour limited life systems. Statistics Size: 320'x80'x40' Payload: 3,520 tons Lwt.: 4,000 tons Volume: 480,000 cf Maint.: 34 man-hours Price: $48,740,450 HT: 7. HPs: 60,000 Body, 750 each Wheel gSpeed: 555 gAccel: 30 gDecel: 10 gMR: 0.25 gSR: 4 Ground Pressure Extremely High. No Off-Road Performance. aSpeed: 3,875 aAccel: 40 aDecel: 0.5 aMR: 0.125 aSR: 6 Stall Speed 400. sAccel: 2 to 2.3 Gs sMR: 2 Delta-V: 62,965 mph Design Notes Body is 480,000 cf, with lifting body and very good streamlining. Wheels are 24,000 cf, retract into body. Structure is medium and standard. Armor is standard composite. Sealed. Computerized controls. There are 27,042 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 960,000 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [2nd edition, 3rd printing, Dec 2004 errata] and VXii (including the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A TL5 truck, in preparation of a MRL. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
