[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 687 – Space Racer

[Onno Meyer]

  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, 2007-12-24

Space Racer v1.0 (TL9)
  Copyright 2007 by Onno Meyer

  Once space travel becomes common, there could be sporting ships like 
this Space Racer. She has a needle-shaped hull with a large engine and 
small wings to minimize atmospheric drag. The fusion rocket produces 6 
to 10 G at full thrust, with 114 kps delta-V and 25 minutes endurance. 
  The design assumes events combining atmospheric and orbital sections 
in rapid succession. Some or all avionics might be sealed to challenge 
the skills of the pilot rather than the competence of the technical 
support team ... 

Subassemblies: Body +3, four retractable Wheels +0, two Wings -1. 
Powertrain: 24,000-lb. fusion rocket; 270,000-kWs rechargeable power
  cell.
Fuel: 200 gallons water.
Occ: 1 NCS.

Armor       F       RL      B       T       U
Body:     4/100   4/100   4/100   4/100   4/100
Wings:    4/100   4/100   4/100   4/100   4/100
Wheels:    3/10    3/10    3/10    3/10    3/10

Equipment:
  Body: Long range radio; 10-mile radar; 5-mile thermograph; flight data 
recorder; navigation instruments; two transponders; inertial navigation 
system; two C3 small computers; terminal; 12 man-hours limited life 
system; G-seat.

Statistics
Size: 10'x15'x6'   Payload: 0.95 tons   Lwt.: 2 tons
Volume: 250 cf     Maint.: 8 hours      Price: $6,177,538

HT: 10.   HPs: 94 Body, 6 each Wheel, 6 each Wing.

gSpeed: 965   gAccel: 50   gDecel: 10   gMR: 0.5   gSR: 4
Ground Pressure High. Off-Road Speed 1/6.

aSpeed: 5,475   aAccel: 120   aDecel: 4   aMR: 1   aSR: 5
Stall Speed 115 mph. 

sAccel: 6   sMR: 6   Delta-V 255,469 mph

Design Notes
  Body is 246 cf, with radical streamlining. Wheels are 12.3 cf, retract 
into body. Wings are 2 cf. Structure is extra-light, advanced, and 
responsive. Armor is advanced, fire-proof ablative. Sealed. Tanks are 
ultra-light. Computerized controls. There are 39.9 cf of empty space in 
the body and 1.4 cf in each wing. Empty weight is 2,100 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: An armed variant.