[gurps] TL6 Small Zeppelin (Vehicles 2nd)

[Tracy Ratcliff]

Does anyone want to error check this? Knowing me, there's half a dozen  
errors and typos in this design. But if I get the spreadsheet debugged  
I can crank out bunch of airships for you.


Zeppelin LZ120 (type y) Bodensee

As World War I ended, the Zeppelin company quickly turned from  
military airships to commercial products. The Bodensee returned to the  
prewar model of a small short-range airship for interurban travel and  
aerial tourism, but with all the technical advances learned during the  
war. The Bodensee carried 21 passengers on a daily run from  
Friederichafen and Berlin and back, plus aerial tours of Berlin.

Notes: Exact Areas rule. I used Excellent Streamlining and late TL6  
props to match historical airspeed. The generator in the passenger  
gondola is a small windmill attached outside the gondola that  
generates power from the airship's windstream. (100 lbs, 2 cf, $100)  
For simplicity, I used one fuel tank in the Main Body and one gasbag  
instead of the multiples in the real vehicle.


Subassemblies: Aft Engine Gondola (AE), Port and Starboard Engine  
Gondolas (PE, SE), Passenger Gondolas (Pas).

Body Features: Excellent Streamlining

Propulsion: Late TL6 194kW Aerial Props (PE, SE), Late TL6 384kW  
Aerial Prop (AE)

Instruments and Electronics: TL6 Communicator, Long Range, TL6  
Navigation Instruments.

Controls: Mechanical.

Crew Stations: Captain, Elevator Man, Rudder Man, Radio Operator in  
roomy bridge control stations, 2 stewards in galley (Pas) 1 keel watch  
1 sail maker (Main body). 1 engineer in normal control station (PE), 1  
engineer in normal control station (SE), 2 engineers in normal control  
stations (AE)

Occupancy: Short. Passengers 21 in roomy seats with superior access  
(Pas). Crew 16, with 8 normal seats and 4 hammocks (Main body). Two  
toilets  and Galley in Pas

Power: 4 194kW TL6 HP Gasoline Engines (2 AE, 1 SE, 1PE). 1800kWs TL6  
Lead-Acid Battery (Pas)

Fuel TL6 770 gal standard fuel tank (Main body), TL6 10 gal standard  
fuel tank (PE, SE), TL6 20 gal standard fuel tank (AE)

Access, Cargo: 60 cf cargo space. Bridge Space and Superior Access in  
Pas

Vol: AE 659 cf, PE and SE 330 cf each, Pas 3215 cf, Bo 883519 cf

Areas: AE 454, PE and SE 287 each, Pas 1307, Bo 60000

Structure: TL6 super-light advanced

HP: AE 681, PE and SE 431 each, Pas 1961, Bo 90000

Armor PD2 DR2 metal advance (AE, PE, SE, Pas). PD1 DR1 nonrigid Bo.

Vision: Good in Pas, Poor in AE, PE, SE, Bo

Statistics: Empty Weight, 30672 lbs. Usual payload, 15665. Loaded  
Weight 46337 lbs, 23 tons. Vol 884838 cf. Size Modifier +10. Price  
$2866881. HT 12

Aerial Performance: Stall Speed 0. Aerial Motive Thrust 2328 lbs.  
Aerodynamic Drag 3117. aTopSpeed 75. aMR 0.125. aSR 5. aDecel 0.5