RE: [Epic] Real World Transort {Was Jawa}

From: Michael P. Lepisto <thagor_at_...>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 12:36:12 -0800

At 07:40 AM 12/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
>The problem with hovercraft is they cannot negotiate a very large
>gradient. I think what you are looking for is a real world huge tracked
>vehicle? Biggest I know of is the coal strip mining machines - well
>over 100' tall. Another example of a huge transport is the former
>soviet wing-in-ground-effect vehicles ... Caspian B is about 200 ' long
>with 100' wingspan spd 250 kts & a 50 ton payload.

Keep in mind that a payload of 50 or 100 tons is quite little in terms of
actual material. A tractor/trailer like one sees on the highway has a
capacity of 40 tons here in the U.S.(limited by the DOT). Most military
equipment to be transported overseas is sent by ship. Rapid deployment
forces tend to have very little heavy equipment.
                                                                                        -Mike
Received on Sat Dec 20 1997 - 20:36:12 UTC