Spinward Flow
SOC-14 5K
As was written in the prophecy ...So basically I've re-invented the air/raft.......
Containerized freight and Air/truck
- Thread starter spank
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If you can slide your cargo to the door, you can probably grab it from outside with a TL-5 forklift (and vice versa for loading).
Worst case: ramps, and logs turned/milled to make rollers. Dig a pit for the ship to sit in so cargo coming aboard can roll downhill down the ramps. (Turret lasers can help. Flood the area first and let exploding steam blast the dirt out of the way.)
Worst case: ramps, and logs turned/milled to make rollers. Dig a pit for the ship to sit in so cargo coming aboard can roll downhill down the ramps. (Turret lasers can help. Flood the area first and let exploding steam blast the dirt out of the way.)
Condottiere
SOC-14 5K
It's going to be a really big forklift, with either a massive counterweight, or a gravity generator in the back.
kilemall
SOC-14 5K
Hmm on the internal cargo bay/offloading part, I’m thinking grav pallets that stay with the ship to handle it. Standard whether break bulk or container.
Not good enough to act as grav truck beds but good enough to move the cargo in and out for rough downport work.
Can do fast lockdown with 1+ G plates. Or mag if that’s cheaper.
Not good enough to act as grav truck beds but good enough to move the cargo in and out for rough downport work.
Can do fast lockdown with 1+ G plates. Or mag if that’s cheaper.
I did some more mock-ups and vehicle building for fork lift. Well, not actually a forklift more like a Grav Tug or Air/tug. It still has the same cab as all the others, and seats 3/4 depending on how tightly you want to be seated. Performance is more limited compared to the Air/Trucks due to the very small space remaining. But it still manages 300 KPH unloaded.
A pair of them can be operated in tandem to carry cargo or lift containers.
And in tandem they can haul all manner of containers. Speed isn't great, only 100 KPH for most configurating down to the 4 dTon container, but good enough for moving containers around the space port.
Also, I still really like the way that 3.5 dTon assault module looks.
A pair of them can be operated in tandem to carry cargo or lift containers.
And in tandem they can haul all manner of containers. Speed isn't great, only 100 KPH for most configurating down to the 4 dTon container, but good enough for moving containers around the space port.Also, I still really like the way that 3.5 dTon assault module looks.
