USS Macon (ZRS-5)

[Dalillama]

Originally Posted by Engurrand

It's loaded weight is... 108+72=180 ? Where the extra 20?

In an error on my part.

[Engurrand]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

I believe the "normal" procedure to be to take the weight of the vehicle and calculate its' HP from the formula on p.558. Then set ST equal to HP.

You probably want the structural dead weight for this number not including fuel and cargo.

Ahh. Thank you!

So assuming the empty weight of 48 tons is correct, that would give a vehicle strength/hp of 190 and require almost exactly payload 200 to account for the 72t of useful lift.

[Engurrand]

Any comments on the price? I'm not sure how to convert 2.5m in 1935 dollars to gurp$.

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Engurrand

Any comments on the price? I'm not sure how to convert 2.5m in 1935 dollars to gurp$.

You could try an inflation calculator. Perhaps like this one......

http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm


I beleive we had 2.5 million in 1935? Punch that in and set the other number to 2004, the year 4e was published and you get $34,470,802.92.

[Engurrand]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

You could try an inflation calculator. Perhaps like this one......

http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm


I believe we had 2.5 million in 1935? Punch that in and set the other number to 2004, the year 4e was published and you get $34,470,802.92.

Thank you. I used this page to convert the $2.5m into (arbitrarily) 1994 dollars, but I couldn't remember which year constitutes the gurps standard. I see that it is 2004. I'll go ahead and round that to $34.5m