[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 764 - TL8 HeliVan

[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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  Onno Meyer, 2009-06-15

HeliVan 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 
HeliVan can be used for games in these settings.
  The HeliVan has two seats in front and a multirole cargo area with six 
folding seats in the rear. It could carry a large family, or a craftsman 
with the tools of the trade. At modest power from the twin turbines, the 
HeliVan can cruise 290 miles at 120 mph.
  The turbines burn 33 gallons of fuel per hour at routine speed. A 
tank of diesel is $96.

Subassemblies: Body +3, four retractable Wheels +0, Top-and-Tail Rotor 
  +0. 
Powertrain: 600-kW top and tail rotor drivetrain; two 300-kW standard 
  gas turbines; 20,000-kWs advanced battery.
Fuel: 80 gallons diesel (fire 7).
Occ: 2 NCS, 6 folding CS.   Cargo: 16 cf.

Armor    F    RL     B     T     U
All:    2/4   2/4   2/4   2/4   2/4

Equipment:
  Body: Medium radio; flight data recorder; navigation instruments; 
transponder; global positioning system; autopilot; 8-man environmental 
controls.

Statistics
Size: 36'x30'x10'   Payload: 1.2 tons   Lwt.: 2.4 tons
Volume: 306 cf     Maint.: 51 hours    Price: $153,475

HT: 12.   HPs: 225 Body, 15 each Wheel, 90 Rotor

aSpeed: 200   aAccel: 4   aDecel: 18   aMR: 4.5   aSR: 4
Stall Speed 0. Ceiling 1,785 yards.

Design Notes
  Body is 300 cf, with fair streamlining. Wheels are 15 cf, retract into 
body. Rotor is 6 cf, folding. Structure is light and standard. Armor is 
standard composite. Electronic controls with duplicate maneuver 
controls. There are 7.9 cf of empty space in the body. Empty weight is 
2,400 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 variant.