[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 697 – Poni Cart

[Onno Meyer]

  This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the 
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  Onno Meyer, 2008-03-03

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

  The poni - not to be confused with the Terran pony - can be found on 
many worlds in known space. A team of four ponis can pull a twenty-ton
load at a fair walking speed for most of a day. 
  The cart has a small bench for the driver and a canvas-covered cargo 
bed. The wooden stakes and sideboards can be removed for loading or to 
accommodate oversized loads. The front wheels have a diameter of 90 cm 
and the rear wheels have a diameter of 120 cm. The poni cart has a 
mechanical brake, but no other controls or instruments.

Subassemblies: Body +4, four Heavy Wheels +2. 
Powertrain: 48-hex whiffletree harness.
Occ: 1 XCCS.   Cargo: 600 cf.

Armor      F    RL     B     T     U
Body:     2/3   2/3   2/3   2/3   2/3
Wheels:   3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6

Statistics
Size: 80'x12'x8'   Payload: 12 tons   Lwt.: 20 tons
Volume: 800 cf     Maint.: 13 hrs.    Price: $14,975

HT: 12.   HPs: 1,500 Body, 300 each Wheel

gSpeed: 12   gAccel: 1   gDecel: 10   gMR: 0.5   gSR: 4
Ground Pressure Very High. 1/8 Off-Road Speed.

Design Notes
  Body is 640 cf. Wheels are 160 cf (increased volume). Structure is 
heavy and standard. Armor is standard wood. Primitive controls. Empty 
weight is 15,800 lbs.
  The poni is assumed to be a 12-hex animal with ST 250 and Move 10.
  The vehicle uses the design rules from GURPS Vehicles [2nd edition, 
3rd printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXii (the armor volume rule) and the 
text format from Vehicles Lite. The Traveller background affects the 
design decisions, not the technology.


Next Week: Probably more Traveller stuff.