From:	Martin Steffens <chimerae@***.IE>
Subject:	Vehicle Design cost question
Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:39:36 +0000

I rand into this when I was designing a 2060 version of a landrover
like vehicle. As a finla touch I added a winch that was powerful
enough to pull it out of the mud/water/whatever. Sine it had a body
of four I ended up with a load rating of 2,000 kg for the winch.

The suprise came when I looked at the difference the winch made on
the price, since I intended it only as an extra gadget. But instead
it ended up more than doubling the original price:

design points +-850 + (winch load rating = 2000 * 1) = 2850.

So in this example, plus in the customization specs a winch that can
lift 2,000 kg costs 200,000 Y.

Bit overpriced?! Or should it have been (winch body rating lifting
capability) * 1 points?

Martin Steffens
chimerae@***.ie