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 EMail: ASWFH@Orion.Alaska.EDU HomePage: HTTP://orion.alaska.edu/~aswfh/home.html