[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 701 1/7th – Tunnel Bike

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2008-04-01

Tunnel Bike v1.0 (GURPS IOU TL7 7/8th)
  Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer

  It takes proper equipment to survive in the steam tunnels below the 
campus. The Tunnel Bike is the latest creation from the WUSE labs. In 
open tunnels, it works like a normal bicycle. In blocked tunnels, or 
those simply too dangerous to enter, it can move through the walls at 
roughly 3 inches per hour.

Subassemblies: Body +0, two Heavy Wheels -2. 
Powertrain: 0.2-kW wheeled drivetrain; 0.2-kW muscle power plant.
Occ: 1 cycle CS.

Armor      F    RL     B     T     U
Body:     3/5   3/5   3/5   3/5   3/5
Wheels:   3/5   3/5   3/5   3/5   3/5

Equipment:
  Body: 0.2-kW bore. 

Statistics
Size: 6'x4'x5'   Payload: 160 lbs.   Lwt.: 400 lbs.
Volume: 12 cf    Maint.: 565 hours   Price: $1,251

HT: 7.   HPs: 5 Body

gSpeed: 16   gAccel: 1   gDecel: 10   gMR: 1.5   gSR: 2
Ground Pressure Very High. Off-Road Speed 1/8.

Design Notes
  Body is 10 cf. Wheels are 2 cf. Structure is super-light, very 
expensive. Armor is expensive, open-frame metal. Primitive controls. 
There are 1.84 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 240 lbs.
  The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [2nd edition, 3rd 
printing, Dec 2004 errata] and VXii (the armor volume rule) with the 
text format from Vehicles Lite.


Next Week: A hypersonic recon drone.