[gurps] TL6 Small Zeppelin (Vehicles 2nd)

[Onno Meyer]

> Finding documentation on airships can be difficult, and even original  
> sources can be tricky.

I checked the German wikipedia. It lists four engines like your
source.

>>> 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)
>>
>> Vehicles Expansion 1, p.23.
>
> I'll do the VE version, but I have historical data on weight and (sort  
> of) volume.

VXi bases everything on diameter. As written, the rules don't 
quite fit -- at travel speed, we have effectively storm winds, 
which make windmills impractical. Ignoring that rule, a 6' 
windmill provides 0.324 kW, at 180 lbs., 1.8 cf and $360.

> I don't have firm data on whether there was a radio, or what range.  
> The Zeppelin pilots navigated by dead reckoning surprisingly often.

The wikipedia mentions that the 80m antenna would be unreeled 
in flight. The German word means voice radio, btw.

> I count 16, and that is the historical number, but apparently my stats  
> block is unclear. 

The wikipedia says commander, mate, elevator and rudder men, radio 
operator, steward, six mechanics, total twelve.

Your mail listed twelve as well. 

> I was following the "round to the nearest 10,000" rule directly under  
> the table.

As I read it, you either use the rounded table and extend it
with the rounded formula, or you use the unrounded formula 
for all values.