Re: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] Question: troop-carrying VTOLs....?

In my experience (limited) pilots are "Bus Drivers", we only see them
during 
the lift, if then.  I would expect some mobility for the crew chief to
move 
about the cabin in order to check/adjust things.  Modular sounds good in

concept, but I think fails in execution.

Michael Brown
mwsaber6@msn

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From: "Ground Zero Games" <jon@gzg.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:54 AM
To: <gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu>
Subject: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] Question:  troop-carrying VTOLs....?

> Quick question to the list hive-mind......
>
> I'm going to be doing a troop-carrying version of the Mantis VTOL (in
> 15mm), in response to many requests, but I'm torn between two basic
> design ideas"
>
> 1) keep the Mantis cockpit off the Gunship, and have a troop "pod"
> behind it (a box that is either a fixed part of the main fuselage or
> could be demountable/deployable?)  so that there is no direct access
> between troop bay and cockpit, or...
>
> 2) sculpt a complete new cockpit as an integral part of a much wider
> troop-carrying fuselage, in the style of most modern helis, so that
> the grunts in the back have direct access to the crew in the front.
>
> Especially for those of you who have real-world military experience,
> if you're (say) a squad leader riding in the back of a helo, is it
> advantageous to be able to move "up front" to see what's going on and
> talk to the pilot, for morale if not tactical reasons? I know that
> this is SF and we can just say that the guys in the back can have
> complete VR views relayed from the cockpit, and of course anyone can
> talk to each other via commlink at any time, but does it make a
> difference on any level? Is the pilot considered part of the unit (by
> the grunts themselves, not necessarily on the TO&E chart), or do they
> just look on him as a taxi driver....?
>
> Jon (GZG)
>
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