A wee shuttle [UPDATED with a few more wee shuttles]

[BrianSmaller]

For when you just need to grab a flight from orbit to the surface and back. Full scale plans over at...

http://woolshedwargamer.com/2015/05/28/10-dton-shuttle/

Cheers
Brian

Check out some more additions to the range of Wee Shuttle (TM)

http://woolshedwargamer.com/2015/05/29/more-small-shuttle-variants/

 

[F33D]

I made a 10 ton shuttle by slicing the 20 ton in half longitudinally. Works better for drawing and space for humans.

 

[BrianSmaller]

I made a 10 ton shuttle by slicing the 20 ton in half longitudinally. Works better for drawing and space for humans.

I got one of those too Didn't fit the space I had for a small craft on my big craft deckplan, so a new model was born.

 

[F33D]

I made a 10 ton shuttle by slicing the 20 ton in half longitudinally. Works better for drawing and space for humans.

I got one of those too Didn't fit the space I had for a small craft on my big craft deckplan, so a new model was born.

Ah yes. The every present problem of hanger space.

 

[BrianSmaller]

I made a 10 ton shuttle by slicing the 20 ton in half longitudinally. Works better for drawing and space for humans.

I got one of those too Didn't fit the space I had for a small craft on my big craft deckplan, so a new model was born.

Ah yes. The every present problem of hanger space.

Yes - I nearly ended up with a 7.5Dton ship shaped like a parallelogram.

 

[F33D]

I made a 10 ton shuttle by slicing the 20 ton in half longitudinally. Works better for drawing and space for humans.

I got one of those too Didn't fit the space I had for a small craft on my big craft deckplan, so a new model was born.

Yes - I nearly ended up with a 7.5Dton ship shaped like a parallelogram.

:lol: :lol:

 

[Tom Kalbfus]

How about a maneuver drive that you can wear on your back? You get in a vacc suit with a built in maneuver drive and you head for orbit. What is the minimum size for a small craft? could a small craft be a vacc suit with thrusters and a hydrogen tank, or do you think miniaturizing a fusion reactor might prove to be a problem?

 

[F33D]

What is the minimum size for a small craft?

20 tons.

could a small craft be a vacc suit with thrusters and a hydrogen tank, or do you think miniaturizing a fusion reactor might prove to be a problem?

I don't know if you'd call it a small craft but there is exactly what you describe in MGT.

Thruster Pack - TL 12 the long-range thruster pack gives 0.1g acceleration for up to 48 hours, using standard starship fuel. This increases its practical range on the spacecraft scale to Short but gives it a weight of 10kg. Cr. 14,000. The TL 14 version of the long-range pack is much smaller as it uses grav-thruster plates instead, but has the same performance profile as the TL 12 version. Cr. 20,000.

So, fusion powered mini grav propulsion pack.

 

[AndrewW]

What is the minimum size for a small craft?

20 tons.

Ten tons.

 

[F33D]

What is the minimum size for a small craft?

20 tons.

Ten tons.

oops. Yep, 10

 

[BrianSmaller]

What is the minimum size for a small craft?

20 tons.

Ten tons.

Not in MTU

I have a 5Dton space bug.

 

[AndrewW]

Not in MTU

I have a 5Dton space bug.

Just in the current version of the Mongoose Traveller rules the smallest size for a small craft hull is ten tons.

 

[Condottiere]

I've gone that route, anything below ten tonnes isn't legal, and you could justify that on structural integrity, which seems rather vague especially once you start comparing it to Space Station design.

You can make a rocket sled at around three tons, and the smallest viable fighter at around five.

 

[Tom Kalbfus]

What is the minimum size for a small craft?

20 tons.

could a small craft be a vacc suit with thrusters and a hydrogen tank, or do you think miniaturizing a fusion reactor might prove to be a problem?

I don't know if you'd call it a small craft but there is exactly what you describe in MGT.

Thruster Pack - TL 12 the long-range thruster pack gives 0.1g acceleration for up to 48 hours, using standard starship fuel. This increases its practical range on the spacecraft scale to Short but gives it a weight of 10kg. Cr. 14,000. The TL 14 version of the long-range pack is much smaller as it uses grav-thruster plates instead, but has the same performance profile as the TL 12 version. Cr. 20,000.

So, fusion powered mini grav propulsion pack.

but no taking off of a planet's surface in a vacc suit and going into space.

 

[CosmicGamer]

but no taking off of a planet's surface in a vacc suit and going into space.

Why not?

 

[F33D]

What is the minimum size for a small craft?

20 tons.

could a small craft be a vacc suit with thrusters and a hydrogen tank, or do you think miniaturizing a fusion reactor might prove to be a problem?

I don't know if you'd call it a small craft but there is exactly what you describe in MGT.

Thruster Pack - TL 12 the long-range thruster pack gives 0.1g acceleration for up to 48 hours, using standard starship fuel. This increases its practical range on the spacecraft scale to Short but gives it a weight of 10kg. Cr. 14,000. The TL 14 version of the long-range pack is much smaller as it uses grav-thruster plates instead, but has the same performance profile as the TL 12 version. Cr. 20,000.

So, fusion powered mini grav propulsion pack.

but no taking off of a planet's surface in a vacc suit and going into space.

If one were wearing combat armor with the grav enhancement (grav belt) & The Thruster pack, you could.

 

[F33D]

but no taking off of a planet's surface in a vacc suit and going into space.

Why not?

Only 1/10 G acceleration. So, more of a moon I guess.

 

[AndrewW]

Only 1/10 G acceleration. So, more of a moon I guess.

That's no moon.

 

[F33D]

Only 1/10 G acceleration. So, more of a moon I guess.

That's no moon.

:lol:

 

[Nobby-W]

I've gone that route, anything below ten tonnes isn't legal, and you could justify that on structural integrity, which seems rather vague especially once you start comparing it to Space Station design.

You can make a rocket sled at around three tons, and the smallest viable fighter at around five.

If I were to go full grognard I could dig out references to 6 and 8 ton fighter designs in various CT adventures (Broadsword and Leviathan IIRC).