Ruby Bird LAD

BARD PAPER: VERA0023

Ruby Bird Commuter Aircraft

The Ruby Bird is built by the aerospace manufacturer Shenduughash Ka Shing Aerial Conveyances (SKSAC). Its streamlined 140 m³ displacement slab-shaped fuselage is slung between 4 counter-rotating Lift Activator Disks mounted fore and aft on either side of the hull, hung from short airfoil cross-section reverse gull-winged wings. The bulbous, glass-encased cockpit is slung low and slightly forward, giving it a rather droopnosed appearance; aft the hull tapers backward towards a Y-configuration vertical stabilizer.

Twin passenger entry doors, mounted at mid-hull and opening onto the back of the passenger compartment, allow access to the passenger compartment. The passenger areas are slightly roomier than is the norm for comparable aircraft; eight roomy seats are laid out on either side of a central corridor. Emergency exit hatches are placed in the ceilings of the cockpit and pasenger compartment. A 16 m^3 cargo compartment, accessed by a side-opening small cargo hatch, is emplaced aft of the passenger compartment. 4 3.625 Mw MHD power plants are emplaced in the hull at the base of the wing roots; fuel storage is along the underside of the hull. Landing gear consist of 4 short retractable landing legs with sturdy pads.

The plane was designed with Fire Fusion & Steel.

Ruby Bird-Class

General Data

Airframe: Fast Subsonic

Price: 6.54 MCr

Tech Level: 9

Size: 140 m³

Mass: 74.85 tons max takeoff.

Power: TL-9 MHD Turbine 14.5 Mw 2.9 M^3/hr fuel generating 120 tons of thrust.

Maint:

Controls: TL-9 Computer Linked

Comunications: Radio

Sensor: 300km Radar

Electronic Countermeasures: None

Life Support: Basic

Cargo: 9 tons

Crew 1 Pilot/Gunner

Crew Accomodations: 3 crew cramped crewstations

Passenger Accomodations: 16 open passenger stations

Fire Control None

Aramanment: None

Ammo: None

Maxiumum Speed: 320 kph.

Cruising Speed: 240 kph.

NOE Speed: 40

Travel Move:

Combat Move: 111

Agility: 6

Glide Ratio: 0 (Drops like a brick)

Fuel Consumption: 2.9 m³/hour

Internal Fuel Capacity: L

Endurance: 13.33 hrs.

Range: 3100 km

Takeoff Roll: m

Landing Roll: m