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Re: Some FFS Help Please
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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 13:17:53 -0800
From: aswfh@acad2.alaska.edu (William F. Hostman)
Subject: Re: Some FFS Help Please
darkstar@UDEL.EDU did scribe:
>to create my own little 7kl grav bike.
>Here's what I've come up with. 2.5kl for the cramped seat (for the
>driver), and another 1.5kl for the restricted seat (for the passenger),
>then 2.5kl for the cramped crewstation. That's already 6.5kl out of
>7kl. Take the .7kl that you're suppossed to add for this being a
>moderately sloped grav vehicle, and you've surpassed your limit!
the listing for Seats in FF&S is for passengers; crew require [only] a
crewstation. (FF&S, p25, p65)
Take a TL 13 design example:
Vol Mass MW Cost
Hull rate 0.5 (mv 0.5?) [7]
fast subsonic chassis 0.35 - - -
0.15 cm SD hull shell 0.075 1.125 - 1071
Front Slope 0.7 - - -
HiEff Contra Grav 0.15 0.1 0.1 15000
Holodynamic Ctrls 0.007 0.007 0.0005 1000
TL 10+ Flt Avionics 0.001 0.001 0.1 250000
TF Avncs (NOE170) 0.1 0.02 0.02 15000
TL13 Flt Computer 0.9 0.18 0.045 4000
Cramped Workstation 2.5 0.2 - 2000
HBT 1.5TT .05kl/hr 0.5 0.5 [0.03] 31250
Fuel Cell tl12 .1kl/hr 0.4 0.4 [0.3] 8000
HG HCD Fuel 0.8 0.8 - 800
HCD Fuel (Turbofan) 0.4 0.4 - 200
Cargo 0.117 0.06 - -
1 human - 0.1 - -
======================================
Total 7 3.893 [0.0645] 328321
Duration 8 hours on 1000cr of fuel ( 800 l HG, 400 l std Hydrocarbons)
Speed (from book instructions) 0.3G, 945 kph [figures based upon actual
loaded mass, not this one.]
Speed (Actual Mass Based) 0.385G, 1212 kph Max, 909kph cruise
Safe NOE Speed: 170 kph
Combat move (NOE/Alt): 23.6/168 10m squares
Travel Move (NOE/Alt): 1020/3636 km
Note that range is limited identically by both the PP and the thruster.
At TL 14, install a fusion plant, ducted fan, and change the fuels, and you
can actually get a restricted seat for a passenger.
-Wil
William F. Hostman
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