[gurps] Excuses for a TL10 Super-Catamaran

Onno Meyer Onno.Meyer at gmx.de
Wed Jan 28 00:12:31 CST 2009


> I was doing the initial numbers on a 100-knot catamaran and 
> a 1,000-ton flarecraft when I noticed that TL10 ducted fans  
> with vectored thrust and fusion power are 0.2 lbs. and $34 
> per pound of thrust (not counting the startup cost/weight). 
> There is a proverb that sufficient thrust allows brick to 
> fly, and TL10 meets this level.

Correction: 0.8 lbs. and $34 per 4 lbs. of thrust, so it is
0.2 lbs. and $8.5 (!) per lbs. of thrust. Startup costs and
weights suggest vehicles over 50 tons Lwt. 


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