TL-6 Medium Transport Helicopter

BARD PAPER: VERA0506

A basic low-tech transport and utility helicopter, used as a "flying truck" on many worlds. The basic model's cargo bay can be accessed through either side-mounted sliding doors or a rear clamshell hatch, and is able to carry over 4 tons of cargo. Passanger models are usually outfitted for 24 passangers, with 50kg of cargo each. Military transport models are usually fitted with folding rotors for ease of transport, stub-wings for rocket or gun-pods, and can carry up to 12 fully equipped troops as well as almost 2 tons of external ordenance.

The helicopter was designed with Fire Fusion & Steel with Antti Lahtinen's suggested adjustment of doubling rotor lift..

TL-6 Medium Transport Helicopter

General Data

Price: 168466 Cr

Tech Level: 6

Size: Very Small (600m³) (200 m³ with rotors folded).

Mass: 4732 kg empty, 5895 kg fuelled, 10000 kg max takeoff.

Power: 1.25 MW internal combustion engine driving MTR rotor assembly for 10 tonnes thrust. 0.034 MW ImpIC APU (0.013 MW surplus power).

Maint: 3

Controls: Enhanced Mechanical (0.02 MW)

Comunications: 30km radio (0.001 MW)

Sensor: None

Electronic Countermeasures: None

Life Support: None

Cargo: Up to 4105 kg configurable / internal cargo.

Crew: 2: Pilot/Copilot in open crewstations.

Passengers: None.

Fire Control: None.

Armament: None.

Maxiumum Speed: 298 kph.

Cruising Speed: 223 kph.

NOE Speed: 40 kph.

Travel Move: 892 km.

Combat Move: 41, 6 at NOE.

Agility: 4

Fuel Consumption: 321 L HCD per hour.

Internal Fuel Capacity: 963 liters HCD

Endurance: 3 hours

Range: 669 km.

Options: TL-6 Avionics (Cr 50000, 0.01 MW), passanger seats (Cr 100, 120 kg of cargo sapce each), stub wings (4 * 500kg OWHP; 80kg of space + payload, Cr 8000); folding rotors (Cr 15625) .

Design Worksheet

Mass (kg) Power (MW) Price (MCr)

Simple airframe (10T; corrosion resistant) 100.0 0.105

Enhanced mechanical controls 140 0.02 0.03

TL-5 Navaids 0.1 0.01

30km radio 100.0 0.001 0.0005

1.25MW ImpIC (corrosion resistant) 3125.0 0.0065625

MTR rotor assembly (10 T/lift) 781.25 0.015625

0.034MW ImpIC (corrosion resistant) 85.0 [0.034] 0.0001785

2 open crewstations 400.0 0.0006

2 crew [200.0]

HCD (3 hours) [963.0]

Cargo/configurable [4105.0]

Totals: 9999.35 [0.013] 0.168466

	Mass (kg)	Power (MW)	Price (MCr)
Simple airframe (10T; corrosion resistant)	100.0		0.105
Enhanced mechanical controls	140	0.02	0.03
TL-5 Navaids	0.1		0.01
30km radio	100.0	0.001	0.0005
1.25MW ImpIC (corrosion resistant)	3125.0		0.0065625
MTR rotor assembly (10 T/lift)	781.25		0.015625
0.034MW ImpIC (corrosion resistant)	85.0	[0.034]	0.0001785
2 open crewstations	400.0		0.0006
2 crew	[200.0]
HCD (3 hours)	[963.0]
Cargo/configurable	[4105.0]
Totals:	9999.35	[0.013]	0.168466