Re: [TML] Quick question re: ship/smallcraft design...
Tom Rux 02 Sep 2025 20:11 UTC
Hello Jeff Zeitlin,
I believe TNE Fire, Fusion, & Steel 1993 Mk 1 Mod 01 (01/1994) has something like what you are asking for. On page 10 column 2 under the heading of Hull Plating determines hull plating volume for unstreamlined, streamlined, and airframe configurations.
Tom Rux
> On 09/01/2025 4:26 PM PDT Jeff Zeitlin - editor at freelancetraveller.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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>
> Normally, when you're designing a ship or smallcraft, the assumption is
> that the hull is unstreamlined, and to include streamlining has two
> effects:
>
> 1. It increases the cost
> 2. It reduces the volume
>
> (both by a relatively small factor).
>
> For my purposes, cost/cost differential is irrelevant. What I'm more
> interested in is the reduction in volume. Can anyone give me a solid figure
> on this, or should I fiat it as 'negligible'?
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