C-47 Gooney Bird class Light VTOL Scout Plane

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C-47 Gooney Bird class Light VTOL Scout Plane
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C-47 Gooney Bird class Light VTOL Scout Plane
Tech Level TL–10
Mass 1 ton
Cost 65,186.51177
Mode Flight (Turboprop Aircraft)
Type Reconnaissance Vehicle
Speed 300kph
Cargo 0
Crew 1
Passengers 4
Armament None
Reference Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Striker Design Sequence Used

The C-47 Gooney Bird class Light VTOL Scout Plane is a combatant Aircraft.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

C-47 Gooney Bird class Light VTOL Scout Plane (TECH LEVEL 10) used by a mercenary Condotterie company called Cathy's Crusaders: The vehicle has a crew of 1, a pilot in a simple cockpit, with simple controls in a simple VTOL airframe. It can carry 4 passengers. It is unarmed.

Basic Vehicle Characteristics[edit]

Vehicle volume: loaded combat ready 60m3, with wings removed for transport loaded 20m3.
Total mass: loaded: 1 ton.
Production Cost: Cr. 65,186.51177
Movement:
Loaded Maximum 300kph/250cm, Cruise 225kph/187cm, Minimum 140kph/117cm.
Movement effect on fire: None
Damage Points: 10
Agility: 3
Turns: 45o
Equipment: TL–10 avionics, and a 5,000 power radio.
Power: The simple airframe mounts 0.014705882MW basic turboprop engines producing 0.294117647 tons of thrust and consuming 0.088235292 liters of fuel per hour, internal fuel capacity 3,648.23529 liters, enough for 41,346 hours or 1722 days or 4.7 years! Thrust to weight produce 0.25G's loaded. Range: is limited only by pilot endurance.
Weapons: None
Maintenance:
Vehicle: 12
Electronics: 1
Weapons: 0

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

The C-47 Gooney Bird class Light VTOL Scout Planes are essentially the same plane as the Valiant class VTOL Recon Scout Planes with a different payload package and mission. They don't support a sensor package beyond the mark 1 eyeball to execute their scout role. Cathy's Crusaders wanted twenty minimalistic transports to move small numbers of berserkers into position. The four berserker passengers often carry parachutes to jump from these, sometimes they fast rope down. They also like to use their four LMGs, unstabilized, in self defense to strafe from the open side doors. They first saw combat in her inaugural mercenary ticket for use on Aramanx/Aramis (Spinward Marches 3005). Rumor is she plans to acquire another as soon as finances permit. These were designed for a mercenary Dream Ticket, to be built with money provided upfront by Sternmetal Horizons an interested megacorporation. The total unit budget was MCr30. They are envisioned to be barebones. Pilots often request crew helmets with integral LI goggles for night ops. Their avionics allow them to fly ingress and egress in a low profile nape of earth mode.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]

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Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]

Smallcraft - Fighter:

  1. C-47 Gooney Bird class Light VTOL Scout Plane

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