[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 746 – Cargo Lifter (TL10)

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2009-02-09

Cargo Lifter v1.0 (TL10)
  Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer

  The Cargo Lifter is used on colony worlds with underdeveloped road or 
rail networks. It can operate from rough fields or even calm water, and 
it can carry 24 tons of cargo and half a dozen passengers. 
  The Cargo Lifter has two rows of ducted fans on the sides, powered by 
a fusion reactor and backup power cells. The cargo hold bay has a large 
rear ramp and two small hatches under the fans. The reactor fuel lasts 
for centuries, so the range is restricted only by the need for regular 
maintenance and spare parts. 

Subassemblies: Body +6. 
Powertrain: Ten 3,125-kW vectored ducted fans; 32,000-kW fusion reactor; 
  32 360,000-kWs rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 4 RCS, 6 RS.   Cargo: 2,400 cf

Armor    F      RL     B      T      U
Body:   4/24   4/24   4/24   4/24   4/24

Equipment:
  Body: Two very-long-range radios; two medium laser communicators; 10x 
LLTV; 10-mile radar, air-search; 5-mile radscanner; two flight data 
recorders; two sets of navigation instruments; two transponders; two 
global positioning systems; four C4 small computers; four terminals; 
compact fire suppression system; cargo ramp; two 10x6h limited life 
systems; 10 crashwebs.

Statistics
Size: 30'x20'x10'   Payload: 25 tons   Lwt.: 50 tons
Volume: 5,000 cf    Maint.: 15 hours   Price: $1,738,975

HT: 12.   HPs: 6,000 Body

aSpeed: 600   aAccel: 25   aDecel: 10   aMR: 2.5   aSR: 4
Stall Speed 0. Ceiling 8,790 yards.

Design Notes
  Body is 5,000 cf, with underbelly skids, lifting body and very good 
streamlining. Structure is heavy, cheap. Armor is cheap metal. Sealed. 
Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 430.9 cf empty 
space. Empty weight is 50,000 lbs. 
  The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third 
printing, January 2007 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume 
rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. 


Next Week: A scout model.