Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 11:26:29 -0400 From: Mark Urbin Subject: A FF&S Zepplin Ok, work, family, and actually running a non-Virus Traveller campain has cut down on the time I wanted to spend on fixing Venice. So I dragged up something else to send to TTC for the next issue. This is a TL 5 Rigid Airship I designed a while back. I have posted this before to the TML. Please give a look over before I send it in. ======================================== TL 5 Cigar shaped Rigid Airship (Hydrogen) Useful Lift: 1365 Tonnes Thrust: 100 Tonnes (TL5 Propellers) Max Speed: 200 Kph Cruising Speed: 150 Kph Combat Move: 27.8 Travel Move: 600 Endurance: 120 Hours Range: 18,000 Kilometers Volume of Envelope: 227,576.54 Displacement Tonnes Cost: MCr 184.60367 This Airship has 6 Gondolas. The control, cargo and four engine. Each Gondola is a a simple airframe. The Main Gondola consists of: Flight Deck: Open Crewstations for: Pilot Co-Pilot Navigator Radio Operator Flight Engineer TL 5 300 Km Radio (0.1 square meter antenna) TL 5 Navigational Aids Gyro Compass Barmetric Altimeter TL 4 Search Light (6 attached around the gondola) TL 5 Improved Internal Combustion Engine; 0.25 m^3; producing 0.1 MW Main Gondola power requirements = 0.0215 MW 3 Kiloliters of HCD fuel to power the engine for 120 hours 1.75 Tonne ships locker. Crew Quarters: 5 small cabins for: Captain Pilot/Co-Pilot Navigator/Flight Engineer Radio Operator/Mechanic The Cargo Gondola consists of: 1400 m^3 of cargo space. Each of the four Engine Gondolas consists of: 1 44.642856 m^3 TL 5 Improved Combustion Engine producing 35.714285 MW TL 5 Propeller The fuel for the 4 propulsion engines (1071.4285 Klt) is stored in the Envelope (76,54 diplacement tonnes were added when figuring the weight of the envelope) Notes: The 1.75 tonne ships locker is fudge space for weight. Light weapons can be added or 3 crew bunks or more radio/sensor equipment. The cargo Gondola is has 100 displacement tonnes of open space. 100 tonnes of Mass were figured into the lift equations. There are several options available besides flat cargo space. - More engines and propellers can be be added. The ship is at the maxium speed already, but adding more thrust will improve handling (adding modifiers to piloting rolls). - Cabins (and a small engine to handle the power requirements) can be installed, turning this craft into a passenger liner. - Bomb or missle racks can be added. I personally would suggest replacing the hydrogen with helium if this is to be taken into a combat zone. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Urbin - DEC Video Interactive and Information Systems QA Make it idiot proof and nature will create a better idiot "Please note that it does not constitute an "answer in writing" to your requests, simply a transcription of verbal replies to your questions." -----------------------------------------------------------------------