[gurps] Songbird hovercraft

[Brandon Cope]

Since someone mentioned this earlier ...

This is the military version, with open mount and pod-mounted winch. In T2300, it can reach 240 kph (about 150 mph) -- a much larger engine would have to be installed to reach this speed.

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TL9 Songbird hovercraft

Crew: 2. 4 passengers.

Subassemblies: Vehicle +4, Body +4, Open Mount [Body] -2, Pod [Body] +0, GEV Skirt +3. 

P&P: 250-kW fuel cell (short term access), 180-kW ducted lift fan (GEV; short term access), 70-kW ducted fan (short term access). 

Fuel: 380 gal hydrogen (fire 13), 380 gal standard fuel tank (fire modifier -2). 

Occ: two normal crew stations (exposed, crashweb), four normal passenger seats (crashweb)	Cargo: 110-cf open cargo hold w/cargo density 20-lbs/cf

Armor      F    RL   B    T    U
Body       3/15 3/15 3/15 3/15 3/15
Open Mount 3/5  3/5  3/5  3/5  3/5
Pod        3/15 3/15 3/15 3/15 3/15
GEV Skirt  2/3  2/3  2/3  2/3  2/3

Weaponry               Malf  Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D yds Max yds RoF TL
7.5mm rifled automatic Crit. Cr   7d-1   12 13  770      4,100   16  9
7.5mm solid ammo       -     Cr   7d-1   -  13  770      4,100   -   9

Equipment
Body: convertible ragtop; medium range radio communicator (1,000-mile range); short range laser communicator (200-mile range); searchlight (5-mile range); light amplification sensor; autopilot; IFF; military GPS; computer terminal; two tiny computers (complexity 2; hardened).  Open Mount: 7.5mm rifled automatic (long barrel); 500 rounds 7.5mm solid ammo.  Pod: winch (ST:100).  

Statistics
Size: [LxWxH] 25.5’x6.4’x3.2’	Payload: 3,647 lbs.  Lwt.: 7,077 lbs.
Volume: 516 cf	Maint.: 84.8 hours (1.13 mh/day)	Price: $55,658 

HT: 11	HP: 210 [Body], 6 [Open Mount], 13 [Pod], 149 [GEV Skirt]. 

Hovercraft Performance: Drag 497, Top Speed 65 mph, hAccel 0.8 mph/s, hMR 3, hSR 4, hDecel 16.


Design Notes: 
TL9 light frame expensive materials [Body].
TL9 light frame expensive materials [GEV Skirt].

TL9 DR 5 expensive metal [Open Mount].
TL9 DR 15 expensive metal [Body].
TL9 DR 5 expensive metal [Vehicle].
TL9 DR 3 skirt  TL7+ non-rigid [GEV Skirt].
Operating Duration:  13 H 13 M 3 S.
Payload Cost: $93
Vehicle Features: computerized controls, no streamlining.
Open Mount: limited rotation.
Volume: 319 cf [Body], 0.333 cf [Open Mount], 5 cf [Pod], 191 cf [GEV Skirt].
Area: 280 sf [Body], 2.88 sf [Open Mount], 17.5 sf [Pod], 199 sf [GEV Skirt].

Brandon


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