[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 748 – Passenger Lifter (TL10)

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2009-02-23

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

  The Passenger Lifter is used on colony worlds with underdeveloped road 
or rail networks. It can land on rough fields and calm water, and travel 
over intercontinental distances.
  The Passenger Lifter has a sleek airframe with the cockpit in front, a 
cabin with 24 rows of 4 seats each, and a small pantry and toilet in the 
rear. Luggage can be stowed in overhead bins. The Lifter has two fusion 
reactors (for safety during overwater flights) powering ten ducted fans, 
with backup power cells for emergency landings.

Subassemblies: Body +6. 
Powertrain: Ten 3,125-kW vectored ducted fans; two 16,000-kW fusion
  reactors; 32 360,000-kWs rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 4 RCS, 96 RS.   Cargo: 800 cf

Armor    F      RL     B      T      U
Body:   4/20   4/20   4/20   4/20   4/20

Equipment:
  Body: Two very-long-range radios; two medium laser communicators; 10x 
LLTV; 50-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; roomy toilet; small galley; two 100x12h 
limited life systems; 100 crashwebs.

Statistics
Size: 60'x20'x10'   Payload: 18 tons   Lwt.: 50 tons
Volume: 10,000 cf   Maint.: 14 hours   Price: $2,062,725

HT: 12.   HPs: 4,500 Body

aSpeed: 600   aAccel: 25   aDecel: 10   aMR: 2.5   aSR: 4
Stall Speed 0. Ceiling 10,575 yards.

Design Notes
  Body is 10,000 cf, with underbelly skids, lifting body and very good 
streamlining. Structure is medium, cheap. Armor is cheap metal. Sealed. 
Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 2,113 cf empty 
space. Empty weight is 64,000 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 smaller utility flyer.