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. The files at omeyer.gmxhome.de are down until I fix the automatic PDF generation, which should be one of these days - see sourceforge.net/projects/gurpsml Onno Meyer, 2009-06-01
HeliCycle v1.0 (TL8) Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer Some science fiction writers predicted ubiquitous personal helicopters by the late 20th century. This never happened in the real world, but the HeliCycle can be used for games in these settings. The small helicopter has just two seats, mounted side by side for good view. A multifuel turbine in the rear provides power for 225 miles at 95 mph. The avionics are minimal, a radio and a transponder for air traffic control and a GPS and autopilot to hold the course. The turbines burn 8.25 gallons of fuel per hour at routine speed. A tank of diesel is $24. Subassemblies: Body +2, three retractable Wheels -1, Top-and-Tail Rotor -1. Powertrain: 150-kW TTR rotor drivetrain; 150-kW standard gas turbine; 750-kWs advanced battery. Fuel: 20 gallons diesel (fire 7). Occ: 1 CCS, 1 CS. Cargo: 4 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 Wheels: 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 Rotor: 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 Equipment: Body: Short-range radio; transponder; global positioning system; autopilot; 2-man environmental controls. Statistics Size: 20'x16'x6' Payload: 0.3 tons Lwt.: 0.6 tons Volume: 76.5 cf Maint.: 110 hours Price: $33,196.5 HT: 12. HPs: 47 Body, 4 each Wheel, 18 Rotor aSpeed: 155 aAccel: 4 aDecel: 14 aMR: 3.5 aSR: 3 Stall Speed 0. Ceiling 1,785 yards. Design Notes Body is 75 cf, with fair streamlining. Wheels are 3.75 cf, retract into body. Rotor is 1.5 cf. Structure is extra-light and standard. Body and wheel armor is standard metal, rotor armor is standard composite. Electronic controls. There are 6.8 cf of empty space in the body. Empty weight is 600 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume and ceiling rules) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A larger version. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
