[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 762 - TL8 HeliCycle

[Onno Meyer]

  This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the 
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redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on 
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I fix the automatic PDF generation, which should be one of these 
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  Onno Meyer, 2009-06-01

HeliCycle v1.0 (TL8)
  Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer

  Some science fiction writers predicted ubiquitous personal helicopters 
by the late 20th century. This never happened in the real world, but the 
HeliCycle can be used for games in these settings.
  The small helicopter has just two seats, mounted side by side for good 
view. A multifuel turbine in the rear provides power for 225 miles at 95 
mph. The avionics are minimal, a radio and a transponder for air traffic 
control and a GPS and autopilot to hold the course. 
  The turbines burn 8.25 gallons of fuel per hour at routine speed. A 
tank of diesel is $24.

Subassemblies: Body +2, three retractable Wheels -1, Top-and-Tail Rotor
  -1. 
Powertrain: 150-kW TTR rotor drivetrain; 150-kW standard gas turbine;
  750-kWs advanced battery.
Fuel: 20 gallons diesel (fire 7).
Occ: 1 CCS, 1 CS.   Cargo: 4 cf.

Armor      F    RL     B     T     U
Body:     2/2   2/2   2/2   2/2   2/2
Wheels:   2/2   2/2   2/2   2/2   2/2
Rotor:    3/5   3/5   3/5   3/5   3/5

Equipment:
  Body: Short-range radio; transponder; global positioning system; 
autopilot; 2-man environmental controls.

Statistics
Size: 20'x16'x6'   Payload: 0.3 tons   Lwt.: 0.6 tons
Volume: 76.5 cf    Maint.: 110 hours   Price: $33,196.5

HT: 12.   HPs: 47 Body, 4 each Wheel, 18 Rotor

aSpeed: 155   aAccel: 4   aDecel: 14   aMR: 3.5   aSR: 3
Stall Speed 0. Ceiling 1,785 yards.

Design Notes
  Body is 75 cf, with fair streamlining. Wheels are 3.75 cf, retract 
into body. Rotor is 1.5 cf. Structure is extra-light and standard. Body 
and wheel armor is standard metal, rotor armor is standard composite. 
Electronic controls. There are 6.8 cf of empty space in the body. Empty 
weight is 600 lbs.
  The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third 
printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume and 
ceiling rules) with the text format from Vehicles Lite.


Next Week: A larger version.