[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 765 - TL8 HeliTruck

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2009-06-22

HeliTruck 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 
HeliTruck can be used for games in these settings.
  The HeliTruck can carry two crew and up to fourteen passengers or the 
equivalent amount of cargo, perhaps the groceries for a small town or a 
shift of offshore workers. The cruising range is some 300 miles at 130 
mph.
  The turbines burn 66 gallons of fuel per hour at routine speed. A 
tank of diesel is $192.

Subassemblies: Body +4, six retractable Wheels +0, Top-and-Tail Rotor 
  +1. 
Powertrain: 1,200-kW top and tail rotor drivetrain; two 600-kW standard 
  gas turbines; 25,000-kWs advanced battery.
Fuel: 160 gallons diesel (fire 7).
Occ: 2 NCS, 14 folding CS.   Cargo: 32 cf.

Armor       F     RL      B      T      U
Body:      3/6    3/6    3/6    3/6    3/6
Wheels:    3/6    3/6    3/6    3/6    3/6
Rotor:    3/12   3/12   3/12   3/12   3/12

Equipment:
  Body: Long-range radio; flight data recorder; navigation instruments; 
transponder; global positioning system; autopilot; 16-man environmental 
controls.

Statistics
Size: 48'x40'x10'   Payload: 2.4 tons   Lwt.: 4.8 tons
Volume: 612 cf      Maint.: 39 hours    Price: $269,475

HT: 12.   HPs: 375 Body, 15 each Wheel, 180 Rotor

aSpeed: 215   aAccel: 4   aDecel: 18   aMR: 4.5   aSR: 4
Stall Speed 0. Ceiling 1,785 yards.

Design Notes
  Body is 600 cf, with fair streamlining. Wheels are 30 cf, retract into 
body. Rotor is 12 cf, folding. Structure is light and standard. Armor is 
standard composite. Electronic controls with duplicate maneuver 
controls. There are 39.1 cf of empty space in the body. Empty weight is 
4,800 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 TL11 space marine carrier.