[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 717 - Multicycle

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2008-07-21

Multicycle v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL5)
  Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer

  Historically, bicycles and sewing machines drove the developmment of 
precision manufacturing. On other planets, the role might be filled by 
the Multicycle. It is a four-wheeled, muscle-powered vehicle with four 
seats arranged two by two and a luggage basket in the rear. All riders 
help to pedal the Multicycle, but only one has to pay attention to the 
road. The transmission and gearbox are oversized for human operators, 
allowing for errors in the design and wear and tear. Ordinary drivers 
can expect to do 10 or 11 mph on decent roads.

Subassemblies: Body +2, four Heavy Wheels +0. 
Powertrain: 2-kW wheeled drivetrain; 2-kW muscle engine.
Occ: 4 XCCS.   Cargo: 10 cf open.

Armor      F    RL     B     T     U
Body:     3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6
Wheels:   3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6

Statistics
Size: 8'x4'x4'   Payload: 0.5 tons   Lwt.: 1 ton
Volume: 80 cf    Maint.: 551 hours   Price: $1,317.5

HT: 9.   HPs: 38 Body, 9 each Wheel

gSpeed: 17   gAccel: 1   gDecel: 10   gMR: 0.75   gSR: 4
Ground Pressure Moderate. Off-Road Speed 1/4. 

Design Notes
  Body is 60 cf. Wheels are 20 cf (increased volume). Structure is 
extra-light and standard. Body armor is standard, open-frame, wood, 
wheel armor is standard metal. Primitive controls. 2.6 cf of empty 
space. Empty weight is 1,000 lbs.
  The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third 
printing, Dec 2004 errata], Vehicles Lite, VXi and VXii (armor volume) 
with the text format from Vehicles Lite. The Traveller background 
affects the design decisions, not the technology.


Next Week: A TL13 space freighter as the basis for a nanofactory ship.