Number of decks calculation
- Thread starter agorski
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well, what if I just have a huge, 1 deck 10K ton ship. For reasons.
not sure you can really have a determination of the number of decks based on architecture and size - a tail sitter vs a belly lander, same size, same config, will have very different deck counts. Put a 747 as a tail lander. a lot of very small decks
edit: not that I am against trying as I do this all the time. but I feel each design class will be different. the only config I see that this would work for consistently is spheres. Every other configuation may vary orientations or have other factors that impact the deck count.
not sure you can really have a determination of the number of decks based on architecture and size - a tail sitter vs a belly lander, same size, same config, will have very different deck counts. Put a 747 as a tail lander. a lot of very small decks
edit: not that I am against trying as I do this all the time. but I feel each design class will be different. the only config I see that this would work for consistently is spheres. Every other configuation may vary orientations or have other factors that impact the deck count.
Easy vertical hight decided by 3.
How many decks does a Lightning-Class Frontier Cruiser have?
Tail sitters not included. Hah.How many decks does a Lightning-Class Frontier Cruiser have?
Condottiere
SOC-14 5K
There seems to be some controversy, on that.
It is, remotely, possible, that there might have been one or more subclasses.
It is, remotely, possible, that there might have been one or more subclasses.
OP is Bookmarked. Thanks for sharing.
When I was doing the math for my Flattened Sphere, I considered the differences between a 200 dton 2 deck & 1 deck, and settled on a 1 deck. I felt that the 2 deck was too thick for the diameter, at least as far as I was concerned. Plus, it was a lot easier to make things fit in the 1 deck than the 2 deck. At one point, I was considering 2.5 & 3 deck designs, but they almost made me cry.
As many things Traveller, we are allowed to do many things our own way. I like the Number of Decks per Ship Size, but feel a little mushy as far as the Configuration Modifiers are concerned.
When I was doing the math for my Flattened Sphere, I considered the differences between a 200 dton 2 deck & 1 deck, and settled on a 1 deck. I felt that the 2 deck was too thick for the diameter, at least as far as I was concerned. Plus, it was a lot easier to make things fit in the 1 deck than the 2 deck. At one point, I was considering 2.5 & 3 deck designs, but they almost made me cry.
I'm commenting on Mongoose doing up their version of the plans as a through-deck design, while the original from the boxed game was a tailsitter (with repeating deck types, so it didn't take 80 sheets of 11x17 paper to do it in 1/2"=1.5m scale...)
I still have those plans, though the box and counters are mostly long gone.
Condottiere
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I sort of suspected that.
It's possible that one yard decided to flatten out the deckplans.
It's possible that one yard decided to flatten out the deckplans.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
That would involve a complete redesign of the ship. Mongoose f****d up their plans. The ridiculous excuses soon followed.
They have since gone back to the original tower block plans.
They have since gone back to the original tower block plans.
Well 90 some-odd, but the AHL's use a 4.5 deck height.How many decks does a Lightning-Class Frontier Cruiser have?
Condottiere
SOC-14 5K
I wonder if the actual volume of the deckplans tally with nominal eighty hundred forty thousand cubic metres.