Looking for a smaller T20 air/raft

[Morte]

I don't really grok the vehicle design rules, so I wonder if anyone can help me with this....

The air/raft in the T20 THB (erratad) is 6000vl, six times the size of the jeep. It's bigger than the "small cargo truck", and its cargo space is the size of four jeeps. Not just their cargo, the four whole jeeps.

It strikes me that this is more than many travellers will need. If they have a ship, it's more than most of them would want to accomodate in the hold. It possible to design a smaller air/raft, like the "jeep minus wheels" we often see in pictures? Or do the design rules make that impractical in some way? Does anyone have a T20 design for an air/raft in the 1000vl to 2000vl range?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Burocrate]

Morte,

Did you download the "Free Trader Press"(or some name to that effect)? This one-issue-so-far contained a write up for a small airraft. I will have to search my archives for the exact details.

Perhaps the writer/owner of this information could re-post it for re-consumption. Funny how Traveller always tastes better the second time around.

 

[Morte]

Ah, now you mention it I remeber that. *pokes around* Ah-ha: http://www.travellerrpg.com/cgi-bin/news/pnews.pl?action=view&itemid=35&h=4&s=t

400vl two seater. Well, that's an improvement. A sort of grav beach buggy. Now I just need a grav landrover...

 

[Straybow]

The "chassis size" is a vague quantity. It doesn't specify what parts are fully contained in the chassis and what aren't (wheels and wings, for example). The Jeep is not enclosed, so technically the occupants in their seats aren't fully contained in the 1000vl chassis. Likewise the std A/R is open-topped, but has a much higher side wall than a Jeep.

The Jeep can be loaded with hundreds of kg of stuff beyond the 124vl listed, provided it is secured in some way. The A/R would be fairly strictly limited to the 4 metric tons listed, although that, too, might protrude above the walls of the 4000vl cargo well.

I'm sure the values given for volume and cost are in need of debugging.

 

[jasper]

I look for the opposite. when my local virsuhi is not being arrested of brawling and nearly clubbing an man to death with his tail in one blow. He likes to drive an airraft. So I trying to firgure the price of TL 9+ air raft with virsuhi I as big as two small breakable humans.

 

[EntilZha]

Here's something I came up with last night:

Skyline Personal Transport
Class: Grav Vehicle
Tech Level: 13
Size: 2,000 vl
Streamlining: Standard
Pressurized: Yes
Climate Control: Yes
Drive Train: Grav
Crew: 1
Passengers: 4
Cargo Space: 540.1 vl
Range: 16,800 km
Speeds: Very Slow = 10 kph, Slow = 25 kph, Cruising = 50 kph, Fast = 75 kph, Maximum = 100 kph
EP Output: 5 (.18 extra)
AC: 10
SI: 50
Visual Sensors: Lights (2 front, beam, 15m range); Lights (2 back, illumination, 1.5 m range); Windows (2 front, 1 right, 1 left, 2 back, vacuum-rated)
Fuel: 42 vl (1 week)

Energy Points
Drive Train 2
Pressurization 2.5
Climate Control .2
Front Lights .1
Back Lights .02

Design Specifications
Chassis: 2,000 vl, 2,000 cr.
Controls: -400 vl, 1,000 cr.
Grav Units: -8 vl, 92,000 cr.
Advanced Fuel Cells: -7.5 vl, 500 cr.
Fuel Tanks: -42 vl
Pressurization: -100 vl, 2,500 cr.
Climate Control: -20 vl, 1,000 cr.
Passengers: -880 vl (somewhat spacious), 800 cr.
Windows: -2 vl (2 extra), 800 cr.
Front Lights: -2 vl, 50 cr.
Back Lights: -.4 vl, 10 cr.
Cargo: -540.1 vl

Total Cost 100,660 cr. (80,528 cr. with 20% standard design discount)

The Skyline was designed for those who want grav propulsion but are "on a budget," so to speak.

It's slightly slower that the Air/Raft and doesn't carry as much cargo, but is an excellent choice for those needing mainly personnel transport.