| From: | R Andrew Hayden <rahayden@*****.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU> |
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| Subject: | More Vehicle Ramblings -- Please reply |
| Date: | Thu, 28 Jan 93 01:17:04 CET |
This message is addressed to those people who are interested in
working on the Vehicle Construction Project.
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HOW TO BUILD A CAR: Thoughts and ramblings
I'm going to try to transcribe some of my notes that I made while
in bayou country. Please note that NONE of this is set in stone
(or anything else for that matter). Comments are not only welcome,
but requested.
Ramblings: PART I
Building on what I talked about last week, here is a pair of sample
tables pertaining to car bodies and engines. The numbers plugged in
aren't even a suggestion, they are simply some number and we should
expect them to be MAJORLY tweaked before we even get close to being
done.
CAR BODIES:
Type E.Sp P.Sp C.Sp Cont. Wt. Armor
------------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------
Mini 150 100 20 40 700 0
Small 200 150 50 50 1100 0
Medium 350 250 100 50 1500 1
Large 500 400 200 60 1800 1
Ex. Large 600 700 250 60 2400 2
KEY:
Type: Name of Body Size
E.SP: Engine Space
This area is where one mounts the engine, fuel tanks,
batteries, and other accessories.
P.Sp: Passenger Space
Where you sit. Includes areas for seats, instruments,
etc.
C.Sp: Cargo Space
Area not suited for passengers and not set up to handle
the engine or its accessories.
Cont: Maximum Safe Control Speed
This is the maximum speed a car can travel without
having to make a control roll. Larger cars can travel
faster safer because they have a lower center of mass,
are heavier, and in general and much better cars.
Wt: Weight of the body.
Armor: Armor-like effect construction of vehicle has.
CAR ENGINES:
Type Space Weight Power
-------------- -------------- -------------- ---------------
Mini 100 300 1500
Small 140 400 2100
Medium 200 500 2700
Large 275 650 3500
Ex. Large 400 775 5000
KEY:
Type: Name of Engine Style
For the purposes of designing, the type of
fuel used for engines is irrelevant. The
required engine space includes allocations for
batteries or fuel tanks (in some number to
be determined later).
Space: Amount of Engine Space Required
Engines take space. Every vehicle body has
a certain amount of space set aside for the
engine (E.Sp). The engine is mounted in this
space.
Weight: Weight of Engine
Power: Number representing power of the engine. Used
to compute accelleration, top speed, etc. Still
have to come up with an equation for that, but
you get the idea.
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This represents, of course, your very basic vehicle. In this example,
you would get a body, toss in an engine, and drive away. Then, if
you wanted to take and add accessories, you could easily do that.
You will note that I did not put any prices on this list. At this time
I think it is a portion of design we don't need to concern ourselves
with.
Our next step is to decide if there are any other things that are
important to be considered with body or engine. Then, we have to
come up with tables for all nine vehicle types and all nine engine
types (face it, you can't put a drone engine into a truck).
Once we get that finished, we can continue on to the next step.
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LONG TERM SEQUENCE OF DESIGN:
1) Basic Tables of Engines and Bodies
2) Arming and Equiping your new vehicle (how to do it, not lists
of available 'toys')
3) Financing
4) Accessories
5) Combat System
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