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Message no. 1
From: Mike Bobroff <Airwasp@***.COM>
Subject: Vehicles and how much space they take up ...
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 10:15:51 EDT
Okay,

We've been waiting long enough for FASA to come back to us with some sort of
ruling on how much space a drone (or any other vehicle) takes up in terms of
CF. So, I came up with some system that makes some sense for the moment, that
works for anything with a Body higher than a 1. Use gm discretion for Body 0
drones.

First, take the Body of the vehicle and cube it. Then multiply the end result
by two. This is how much space the chassis and it's power plant both take up.

Two, if any additional CF (beyond what is already given free in the chassis)
is bought, keep this number handy.

Add up all of these numbers and you come up with the amount of storage space
needed to a vehicle.

As an example, using a Wolfhound (a newer, sleeker version of the Dalmation)
... here goes ...
1) Body 2 = 16 CF
2) Bought CF (2) = 2 CF
So, the total number of CF to store a Wolfhound is 18 CF.

Another example is a maxxed out bare bones Airliner ...
1) Body 9 = 1458 CF
2) CF maximum (7,500 - 500 = 7000) = 7000 CF

This means to store a Body 9 Airliner takes a minimum of 8,458 CF space.

-Mike
Message no. 2
From: K is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Vehicles and how much space they take up ...
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 12:51:54 EDT
In a message dated 6/12/98 9:17:28 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
Airwasp@***.COM writes:

> First, take the Body of the vehicle and cube it. Then multiply the end
> result
> by two. This is how much space the chassis and it's power plant both take
> up.
>
> Two, if any additional CF (beyond what is already given free in the
chassis)
> is bought, keep this number handy.
>
> Add up all of these numbers and you come up with the amount of storage
space
> needed to a vehicle.

<snipped all the neat examples of mathematics nightmares... :) >

Two things here...

1) That is actually not -too- far off of things. I think I actually like
it. I would say an airliner does take up more or less the kind of space that
8-9 standard semi-trucks do (going on that amount you gave in the example).

2) David I think mentioned having too much time on our hands...yep, this is
proof..

:)

-K

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