TL 8 Cargo Hovercraft
This is a fairly common pre-grav transport, useful especially on worlds with a high hydrographic percentage. It can carry just under 10 tons/1000 cf of fully enclosed cargo, which is useful for most normal purposes. It has one large bow ramp and two smaller ramps port and starboard. As a people mover, it can carry 32 normal or 48 cramped passengers (though no environmental control is provided normally).
It is frequently adapted for military use as a cargo and non-combat personnel carrier and a mobile headquarters. It can also be modified for longer duration habitation, making it useful for explorers or researchers. Carried aboard a starship, it takes up 4 displacement tons.
Subassemblies: GEV skirt
Propulsion: 1000-lb thrust ducted fan (250
kW), 37,000-lb thrust lift fan (1850 kW)
Instruments and Electronics: medium range
radio, light amplification (driver), GPS, small computer with one
terminal (driver), databases for computer ($2000 worth)
Miscellaneous: full fire suppression
Controls: Computerized, Crew Station: Driver
Occupancy: Short, Passengers: one, Crew: Driver,
Accomodations: two normal seats, Environmental systems: environmental control
for two people, Safety Systems: two crashwebs
Power Systems: 2100 kW gas turbine, uses 115.5
gph, one E-cell rechargable battery
Fuel: self-sealing 650 gallon tank, 650 gallons
diesel, 5.63 hours fuel for engine
Access, Cargo and Empty Space: 59.82 cf access
space, 960 cf cargo space, 5.38 cf empty space
Volumes: Body 1250 cf, Skirts 750 cf, Surface
Areas: Body 696 sf, Skirts 495 sf, Total area 1191
Structure: Medium, cheap materials, waterproofed
Hit Points: Body 1044, Skirts 743
Armor: overall PD 3, DR 9 exp. metal
Statistics: Unloaded Weight 13,495 lbs, Normal
cargo 19,200 lbs, Normal Payload 23,500 lbs, Loaded Weight 36,995
lbs (18.5 tons), Volume 2000 cf, Size Modifier +5, Price $164,100,
HT 11
Hover Performance: Stall Speed 0, Can Hover
(2' maximum clearance), Drag 1191, Top Speed 79 mph, hAccel 1, hDecel
20, hMR 2, hSR 6
Water Performance: can float (not designed to actually
travel on water)