[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 749 – Utility Lifter (TL10)

[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, 2009-03-02

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

  The Utility Lifter is used on colony worlds with underdeveloped road 
or rail networks. It can transport small teams and their gear and land 
on unimproved fields or even calm water.
  The Lifter is built around a fusion reactor and six ducted fans. The 
cockpit with two seats for the pilot and copilot opens into a C-shaped 
cabin for passengers and cargo. The two doors on each side are mounted 
to avoid the worst wash from the fans, but the Utility Lifter is not 
really suitable for mounting winches or similar equipment.

Subassemblies: Body +5. 
Powertrain: Six 1,250-kW vectored ducted fans; 7,600-kW fusion reactor; 
  ten 360,000-kWs rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 2 RCS, 13 RS.   Cargo: 100 cf

Armor    F    RL     B     T     U
Body:   3/8   3/8   3/8   3/8   3/8

Equipment:
  Body: Two long-range radios; two medium laser communicators; 10x LLTV; 
10-mile radar; 5-mile radscanner; two flight data recorders; two sets of 
navigation instruments; two transponders; two global positioning 
systems; two C5 minicomputers; two terminals; compact fire suppression 
system; two 15x12h limited life systems; 15 crashwebs.

Statistics
Size: 30'x10'x8'   Payload: 5,000 lbs.   Lwt.: 20,000 lbs.
Volume: 2,000 cf   Maint.: 24 hours   Price: $689,205

HT: 12.   HPs: 1,500 Body

aSpeed: 600   aAccel: 30   aDecel: 12   aMR: 3   aSR: 4
Stall Speed 0. Ceiling 12,550 yards.

Design Notes
  Body is 2,000 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. 631.7 cf empty 
space. Empty weight is 15,000 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 search and rescue shuttle.