Hydrocarbon Fuel Cells for 3e

Rupert · 11-09-2021, 01:45 AM

How about giving them the same weight and price as the VE2 hydrogen fuelled ones, and giving them a multifuel consumption equal to the listed hydrgen consumption times the ratio multifuel to hydrogen given for IC engines (so about 0.02 gph at TL9+). This makes them economical but heavy.

Note that there are other options aside from fusion - fission reactors are lighter and cheaper at TL9. Also, rechargable powercells can be lighter and more compact than engine plus fuel for shorter durations (exactly how short depends on the engine and fuel), which can be over 12 hours.

One other thing - do these extra rules use realistic fuel consumptions (VE2X p.23) and thus give consumptions three time higher than VE2 assumes?

11-09-2021, 01:45 AM	#2
Rupert Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wellington, NZ	Re: Hydrocarbon Fuel Cells for 3e How about giving them the same weight and price as the VE2 hydrogen fuelled ones, and giving them a multifuel consumption equal to the listed hydrgen consumption times the ratio multifuel to hydrogen given for IC engines (so about 0.02 gph at TL9+). This makes them economical but heavy. Note that there are other options aside from fusion - fission reactors are lighter and cheaper at TL9. Also, rechargable powercells can be lighter and more compact than engine plus fuel for shorter durations (exactly how short depends on the engine and fuel), which can be over 12 hours. One other thing - do these extra rules use realistic fuel consumptions (VE2X p.23) and thus give consumptions three time higher than VE2 assumes? __________________ Rupert Boleyn "A pessimist is an optimist with a sense of history." Last edited by Rupert; 11-09-2021 at 01:50 AM.