mass/weight

[matrix cypher]

Ive noticed that in the vehicle design system there is a little problem.

you design a vehicle by its size (vl). But there is nothing about its Weight/Mass????

It may be important for some vehicles and robots.

such as when they are crossing certain terrain.
or perhaps at a bridge.

Using just the size will not work as a heavilly armored mini-tank (2000vl) has got to be much heavier than a car (2000vl).

 

[matrix cypher]

another thing that i noticed when going through the design system is for robots.

in the old robot supliment the human sized robot was based on a 100 liter torso chasis if i remember corectly. which would be 10vl in the new system if each vl is 10 liters.

the personal service robot is 100vl wich is 10 times the size of a typical human torso.

if the perci is 100vl then that means that it is 1000 liters thats very big. A 55 gallon (liquid) barrel/drum is 189.270589 liters

so perci is the size of 264.172052 gallons.
does anyone else see the problem??

 

[tjoneslo]

Several question here, I'll try and answer them all.

Converting vls to mass is a little more difficult because the different components have different masses.

First order: Subtract the vls allocated for passengers and cargo from the vehicle total to get the full weight of the vehicle. Example: the car you should subtract 440 (passengers) + 125 (cargo) from 2000 to get 1435kg, vs the two[?] crew, no cargo in the tank to get 1780kg.

For Perci, I see the problem. I calculated the size of my body as about 0.16 m^3. T20 design system also considers 100vl to be about the size of the human body (check the SI calculation table). This is a breakdown point for the conversion of vls to real volume. Below 250vl simply assume human size, plus or minus.

 

[matrix cypher]

much thanks. that helps a little. at least for now. i may just build robots with the existing rules but make them in a more accurate volume/size.

Originally posted by tjoneslo:
Several question here, I'll try and answer them all.

Converting vls to mass is a little more difficult because the different components have different masses.

First order: Subtract the vls allocated for passengers and cargo from the vehicle total to get the full weight of the vehicle. Example: the car you should subtract 440 (passengers) + 125 (cargo) from 2000 to get 1435kg, vs the two[?] crew, no cargo in the tank to get 1780kg.

For Perci, I see the problem. I calculated the size of my body as about 0.16 m^3. T20 design system also considers 100vl to be about the size of the human body (check the SI calculation table). This is a breakdown point for the conversion of vls to real volume. Below 250vl simply assume human size, plus or minus.