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, 2009-06-15
HeliVan 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 HeliVan can be used for games in these settings. The HeliVan has two seats in front and a multirole cargo area with six folding seats in the rear. It could carry a large family, or a craftsman with the tools of the trade. At modest power from the twin turbines, the HeliVan can cruise 290 miles at 120 mph. The turbines burn 33 gallons of fuel per hour at routine speed. A tank of diesel is $96. Subassemblies: Body +3, four retractable Wheels +0, Top-and-Tail Rotor +0. Powertrain: 600-kW top and tail rotor drivetrain; two 300-kW standard gas turbines; 20,000-kWs advanced battery. Fuel: 80 gallons diesel (fire 7). Occ: 2 NCS, 6 folding CS. Cargo: 16 cf. Armor F RL B T U All: 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 Equipment: Body: Medium radio; flight data recorder; navigation instruments; transponder; global positioning system; autopilot; 8-man environmental controls. Statistics Size: 36'x30'x10' Payload: 1.2 tons Lwt.: 2.4 tons Volume: 306 cf Maint.: 51 hours Price: $153,475 HT: 12. HPs: 225 Body, 15 each Wheel, 90 Rotor aSpeed: 200 aAccel: 4 aDecel: 18 aMR: 4.5 aSR: 4 Stall Speed 0. Ceiling 1,785 yards. Design Notes Body is 300 cf, with fair streamlining. Wheels are 15 cf, retract into body. Rotor is 6 cf, folding. Structure is light and standard. Armor is standard composite. Electronic controls with duplicate maneuver controls. There are 7.9 cf of empty space in the body. Empty weight is 2,400 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 variant. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
