[gurps] Ver 1.1 TL6 Small Zeppelin

[Tracy Ratcliff]

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 Radical Streamlining to match  
historical airspeed of 80 mph.  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, $400) For simplicity, I  
used one fuel tank and one gasbag in the Main Body instead of the  
multiples in the real vehicle. Water for ballast is not added for  
loaded weight.


Subassemblies: Bo (+10), Passenger Gondola (Po1, +4)), port and  
starboard wing gondolas (Po2, Po3, +4), aft gondola (Po4,+4)

Body Features: Radical Streamlining

Propulsion and lift:  TL5-6 194kW Aerial Props (Po2, Po3), TL5-6 384kW  
Aerial Prop (Po4) . 1940 lbs motive thrust.

Instruments and Electronics: TL6 Communicator, Long Range, TL6  
Navigation Instruments. (Po1)

Controls: Mechanical.

Crew Stations: Captain, Elevator Man, Rudder Man in roomy bridge  
control stations,  Radio Operator in roomy control station, 2 stewards  
in normal control stations (Po1). 1 keel watch 1 sail maker in normal  
control stations (Main body). 1 engineer in normal control station  
(Po2), 1 engineer in normal control station (Po3), 2 engineers in  
normal control stations (Po4), plus up to 4 more crew for extra watches.

Occupancy: Short. Passengers 21 in roomy seats with superior access  
(Po1). Crew 16, with 8 normal seats and 4 hammocks (Main body). Two  
toilets  and Galley in Po1.

Power: 4 194kW TL6 HP Gasoline Engines (2 Po4, 1 Po2, 1 Po3). 1800kWs  
TL6 Lead-Acid Battery (Po1), Generator (100lbs, 2 cf, $400, 1kW)

Fuel TL6 770 gal ultralight fuel tank (Main body), TL6 10 gal  
ultralight fuel tank (Po2, Po3), TL6 20 gal ultralight fuel tank (Po4)  
all filed with aviation gas. TL6 300 gal ultralight fuel tank (Bo) for  
water ballast.

Access, Cargo: 4500 cf access, 60 cf cargo space (Bo). Bridge Space  
and Superior Access in Po1. Engine access space, Po1, Po2, Po3.

Vol: Bo 995989, Po1 3275, Po2 330, Po3 330, Po4 659

Areas: Bo 59839, Po1 1323, Po2 287, Po3 287, Po4 454

Structure: TL6 super-light advanced

HP: Bo 8976, Po1 198, Po2, 43, Po3, 43, Po4 68

Armor PD2 DR2 metal advance (Po1-Po4). PD1 DR1 nonrigid Bo.

Vision: Good in Po4, Poor in Bo, Po1, Po2, Po3

Statistics: Empty Weight, 29914 Usual Payload, 15665, Loaded Weight  
45579 lbs, 23 tons. Volume 1,000,583cf. Size Modifier +10. Price  
477,065.2. HT 12

Aerial Performance: Stall Speed 0, Aerial Motive Thrust 1940 lbs.,  
Aerodynamic Drag 1555, aTopspeed, 95 aMR 0.125, aSR 5, aDecel 0.5