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, 2009-05-18
Anachronistic 1¼ ton Truck v1.0 (TL5) Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer In some alternate history stories, one side finds efficient uses for historical technologies. In other novels, genuine time travelers bring modern concepts with them. This truck looks a bit like a HMMWV, but it uses much earlier technology - possibly from 1890 or 1900. The basic 1¼ ton truck is configured as a pickup. It has an enclosed cab with two seats, and the sideboards can fold down to create benches for eight passengers in the rear. The front-mounted engine powers only the rear axle, but large wheels allow some off-road performance. Both the canvas top of the flatbed and the metal top of the cab can be removed to enhance visibility or simplify transport of the truck. At normal cruise speed, the engine uses 3.6 gallons of gasoline per hour. A full tank is $15. Subassemblies: Body +3, four Heavy Wheels +1. Powertrain: 60-kW wheeled drivetrain; 60-kW gasoline engine; 250-kWs lead-acid battery. Fuel: 50 gallons gasoline (fire 12). Occ: 2 RCS, 8 folding XCS. Cargo: 25 cf open. Armor F RL B T U Body: 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 Wheels: 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 Equipment Body: 2-man environmental controls. External: Convertible hardtop; convertible ragtop; hitch. Statistics Size: 14'x7'x6' Payload: 1.4 tons Lwt.: 4 tons Volume: 400 cf Maint.: 321 hours Price: $62,257.5 HT: 12. HPs: 225 Body, 56 each Wheel gSpeed: 45 gAccel: 3 gDecel: 10 gMR: 0.75 gSR: 4 Ground Pressure High. 1/6 Off-Road Speed. Design Notes Finely made. Body is 300 cf. Wheels are 100 cf (increased volume). Structure is light and expensive. Armor is expensive metal. Mechanical controls. 52.5625 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 5,200 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from GURPS Vehicles [second edition, third printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi, VXii (including the armor volume rule) and the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A MRL on this chassis. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
