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

At 10:00 AM -0800 11/25/08, Eli Arndt wrote:
>Funny you should mention this. I was eye-balling the Mantis to see if I
>could extend the fuselage to turn it into a carrier for combat walkers.
>
>I would rather see the Mantis stay a gunships and see something
different
>sculpted for the troop carrier. Troop transport aircraft have
completely
>different needs than gunships. I would love to see the cargo area left
>modular so that in the future new modules could be added. I am
imagining
>something like a scaled down Sky Hook where the fuselage is mainly a
frame
>that sits over the attached module. Some module ideas...
>
>1) Troop Transport
>
>2) Vehicle Carrier

Anything larger/heavier than the weapons packs on the base model will 
shorten the range, lower the service ceiling and lower the speed. Large
increases will have LARGe bites of your performance envelope.

A LARGER version with MORE fuselage and say, 4 or 6 engine pods would
make more sense I think. It allows modular components for commonality
with the existing craft.

>
>3) Infantry Support (think Spectre gunship w/ side-mounted weapons or
maybe
>even and underslung turret)

Well, Gunships like that are good because they have high loiter time.
VTOLs won't necessarily have that.

>4) Utility

Same function as the troop transport model I think.
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