[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 759 - OHI Automated Heavy Lift Shuttle

[Roger Burton West]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 07:28:22PM +0200, Onno Meyer wrote:

>The 
>shuttle needs starports with long, reinforced runways

[...]

>gSpeed: 555   gAccel: 30   gDecel: 10   gMR: 0.25   gSR: 4
>Ground Pressure Extremely High. No Off-Road Performance.
>
>aSpeed: 3,875   aAccel: 40   aDecel: 0.5   aMR: 0.125   aSR: 6
>Stall Speed 400.

That looks to me like a 3,900-foot takeoff run and a 12,000-foot
landing. The former is well within the tolerances for a small airport,
so perhaps some sort of better braking system is indicated, either
Improved Brakes or a drag chute.

Roger