Hovercraft Designs and Specs - MXO Forum Archive

#36300129925 12/29/2006 11:11:42 Hovercraft Designs and Specs

I recall this being done before, but........I can't find it so, I want to do it again.

Crews, post a picture, sketch, or blueprint of your hovercraft or barge and some specs. Below is the HvCft Trunkline (note: the sketch below is not mine, I don't remember who it is, but it smacks of official concept art, so I'll guess it was done by Geoff Darrow).

(Note All Specs are by me, Trikraft, not the original poster of the image.)

Class: Brahma V
Purpose: Command Vessel
Size: 32 Meters, 8 decks.
Maximum Speed: 80.5 Km/H
Total Weight: 38.10 Metric Tons
Manueverability Rating: VII (Lower is better)

Crew Compliment (Minimum): 12
Crew Compliment (Maximum): 40

Operations Decks: 2
Operating Cores: 4
Operating Core Processing Power: 4.6 yota-flops per second
Total Matrix Jack-In Compliment: 24

Weapons Batteries: 2 Quick Charge High Intensity EMP Emulsion Devices
External Gunnery: 6 Fore Mounted 25mm Cannon, 4 Aft Mounted 20mm Cannon

Hoverpads: 25 Versa-Trans Heavy Industries Military Grade Hover-Lite Pads
Hoverpad Lifting Force (single): 8076 kW
Hoverpad Lifting Force (Combined): Goverened at 36000 kW for safety reasons
Power Core: Versa-Trans Heavy Industries Hybrid Core Fusion Power Plant
Power Core Output: 7.7 Terawatts

#36300129955 12/29/2006 12:06:30 Re:Hovercraft Designs and Specs

George Hull is the guy.

#36300129958 12/29/2006 12:07:23 Re:Hovercraft Designs and Specs

This is the design I created of The Maelstrom, Remnent's ship in "Welcome to the Machine", with heavy influence from Greg Hull's design of The Vishnu. I need to do one of the Defiant pretty soon though.

Class: Vishnu
Function: Originally Medical/Patcher Skiff. Artillery and additional propulsion installed by current captain.
Maiden Flight: 03.15.2204
Size: (height w/landing gear extracted) 12.80 Meters (width) 19.20 Meters, 3 decks.
Cruising Speed: 68.0 Km/H
Maximum Speed: 100.0 Km/H
Total Weight: 76,818 kg (169,000 lb)
Manueverability Rating: III

Crew Compliment (Minimum): 3
Crew Compliment (Maximum): 5

Operations Decks: 2
Operating Cores: 1
Operating Core Processing Power: 2.4 yota-flops per second
Total Matrix Jack-In Compliment: 3

Weapons Batteries: 1 Quick Charge High Intensity EMP Emulsion Device
External Gunnery: 5 Rear, Dual-Mounted 25mm Cannon; 1 Front-Mounted, Six-barrel, hydraulically operated 20mm Gatling gun

Hoverpads: 16 Standard Zion Military Grade Hover-Lite Pads
Hoverpad Lifting Force (single): 6000 kW
Hoverpad Lifting Force (Combined): Goverened at 80,000 kW
Power Core: Zion Military Ion Fuel Cell Power Plant
Power Core Output: 5.2 Terawatts

#36300130110 12/29/2006 16:08:27 Re:Hovercraft Designs and Specs

This is a little write up I did as part of my on-going upgrade of the TTB website.

Honest. I'll be done someday. lol. Not my fault I keep changing my mind. Really. This time I have the design I want. And I've done far to much to abandon the idea. hehe.

SMILEY

The pic is just a screen capture of the Neb. I think. Looks like the Neb.

The Hovercraft Format C is a strange vessel according to Zion Standards. Constructed shortly after the Truce was declared the ship was rumoured to be haunted due to the mysterious engine Skyscream found near the surface. In truth the ship is inhabited by an Exile program, Forr Matsee, who was Skyscreams husband from when she was a bluepill and powered by a rather ordinary looking engine.

The engine plate inscription reads: Mark III No. 35 Made in Canada 2073

The Format C is perhaps the most formidable hovercraft ever made and the Flagship of the TTB fleet. Nearly as large as a hoverbarge with armour plating and armed with no less than 24 machine gun turrets and three large caliber cannons, as well as some classified surprises, few ships have survived a direct clash with this hovercraft intact.

The ship was designed for surface exploration, as well as operations in the tunnels, and can operate independantly of Zion or Believer Base for extended periods. Able to comfortably hold a crew of 12 redpills this ship also contains a rather large cargo area for a warship.

Due to it's size the Format C is completely incapable of entering medium to small tunnels and has even been known to scrape hull on tunnel wall in the larger ones. The crew is known to rarely sleep anywhere except on board the ship even when docked at Zion or Believer Base.

As a veteran Hovercraft of Zion the Format C has been on numerous missions, most of which are classified, but the crew rarely talks about what they do. However, there are a number of rumours. One is that the ship was almost completely rebuilt after a disasterous mission near Machine City. Another rumour is that the ship appeared to be unaffected by an EMP pulse. Niether of these events are verifiable at this time.

((Not exactly specs .. I know .. but hey.. it's what I have. lol. In case some missed it.. the Hovercraft is basically the 'body' of Forr Matsee. SMILEY )

*edit: I was working on a blueprint but .. sheesh.. I just don't have the time. If I find what I had I'll post it.

#36300130291 12/30/2006 00:26:52 Hovercraft Designs and Specs

Trikraft wrote:

((I call hacks, I used this same image for my hovercraft -_-))

#36300246096 05/26/2007 11:31:07 Re:Hovercraft Designs and Specs

Gonna necro this thread 'cos it's the only one I could find where hovercraft dimensions are discussed. SMILEY

I'm (finally) drawing the layout for the HvCFT Aggregator, of which I'm the captain, but I'm not sure about the size limitations. At the moment I'm going for a width of about 25m, three decks and a length of 75m. What do you reckon?

Edit: And it's a full complement of 12 crew members.

#36300246148 05/26/2007 14:06:41 Hovercraft Designs and Specs

Warboy090 wrote:

Trikraft wrote:

((I call hacks, I used this same image for my hovercraft -_-))

-_- This is getting rediculous.....

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#36300246150 05/26/2007 14:16:03 Re:Hovercraft Designs and Specs

That's why I need someone to draw a hovercraft for me. Too many people have used the concept sketches and renderings now.

*Coughs.* Oh Pyraci...! SMILEY

#36300246152 05/26/2007 14:18:30 Hovercraft Designs and Specs

SolidRevolver wrote:

Warboy090 wrote:
Trikraft wrote:

((I call hacks, I used this same image for my hovercraft -_-))

-_- This is getting rediculous.....

Looks more like a hover barge than a hover craft so maybe you can all share it! =D

#36300250599 06/01/2007 07:38:18 Re:Hovercraft Designs and Specs

Procurator wrote:

That's why I need someone to draw a hovercraft for me. Too many people have used the concept sketches and renderings now.

*Coughs.* Oh Pyraci...!

You called? ^^

I'm almost done with my commissions, but as soon as I am, I can work up something really cool. I've been wanting to make a machinist vessel for a while, and I think you and Kell called dibs on one anyway. I'll let you know. SMILEY

Class: Ganesha
Function: Reconnaisance/Stealth; Medium combat vessel
Maiden Flight: 04.16.2206
Size: (height w/landing gear extracted) 12.20 Meters (width) 19.80 Meters, 2 decks.
Cruising Speed: 75.0 Km/H
Maximum Speed: 120.0 Km/H
Total Weight: 72,574.78 kg (160,000 lb)
Manueverability Rating: IV

Crew Compliment (Minimum): 3
Crew Compliment (Maximum): 8

Operations Decks: 1
Operating Cores: 1
Operating Core Processing Power: 2.8 yota-flops per second
Total Matrix Jack-In Compliment: 5

Weapons Batteries: 1 Quick Charge High Intensity EMP Emulsion Device
External Gunnery: 8 Rear, 4 Oblique, and 2 Front Dual-Mounted 25mm Cannon; 2 Front-Mounted, Six-barrel,
hydraulically operated 20mm Gatling guns

Hoverpads: 18 Standard Zion Military Grade Hover-Lite Pads
Hoverpad Lifting Force (single): 6000 kW
Hoverpad Lifting Force (Combined): Ungoverened at approximately 90,000 kW
Power Core: Zion Military Ion Fuel Cell Power Plant
Power Core Output: 5.1 Terawatts

#36300250990 06/01/2007 16:41:39 Re:Hovercraft Designs and Specs

You already posted that picture somewhere, but it's still sick as hell.

#36300250996 06/01/2007 16:51:12 Re:Hovercraft Designs and Specs

Yeah, it's a beauty. SMILEY

If you really feel like doing a drawing for me, be warned: I've already got the internal layout of my ship, and I've got some ideas about its external appearance. I don't know how much, uh, maneuverability you like to have in your projects. SMILEY

#36300252031 06/03/2007 10:40:44 Re:Hovercraft Designs and Specs

Here's the layout of the HvCFT Aggregator. I haven't figured out its exact external appearance yet, nor its statistics, but at least you can see how comfortably we live. SMILEY

I've written a description of the vessel in my journal.

#36300252066 06/03/2007 11:58:50 Re:Hovercraft Designs and Specs

Neoteny's old ship. Never did like pulling numbers out of my *CENSORED* for this type of deal, though, so if someone would like to, be my guest.

23 hoverpods, two 50 cal cannons on the front, one man-operated minigun turret on top, blade grafted onto the bottom for slow, but continued transit during power-downs.

#36300253266 06/05/2007 04:45:57 Re:Hovercraft Designs and Specs

Imagine my surprise when this thread reappeared on the RSI scene. I always enjoyed the nuts and bolts...physics behind the Real. The idea that hovercraft use a science that we are not yet capable of creating, but still based in our physical world...I find it fascinating. Imagine seeing one of these steel and titanium beasts roaring past you at nearly 100 MPH, bristling with weaponry, the static pulse of the pads causing the hair on your arms and head to stand up. Very cool.