WOIN Any one have stats for a helicopter in WOIN NOW?

[TheHirumaChico]

The NOW Core Rulebook has a variety of ground vehicle stats (very useful, thank you!), but there is an unfortunate lack of aircraft. Any suggestions on stats for something like a Mi-17 Hip? And any thoughts on how one might adjust the Eons #133 Car Chases rules to accommodate a pair of these helicopters with bad guys chasing a couple of trucks/lorries and SUVs? The bad guys aren't suicidal, so they're not going to set down in front of the lorries on a blind turn or something like that, but they will be shooting at the ground vehicles and trying to force them to stop. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

[M3woods]

Mil Mi-17

• Year: 1977
• Cost: $2,750,000
• Adj: 15,125,000
• Quality: Exceptional (+2d6)
• Upgrades: 14 (6 remaining)
• Occupancy: 3 (pilot, co-pilot, engineer)/+up to 24 troops
• SPEED: 17
• ACCEL: 9
• HANDL: 6
• HEALTH: 156
• SOAK: 15
• DEFENSE: 4

1x Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23 autocannon (6d6 Ballistic damage, Range 16)
2x Rocket Pods (14x S-8 rockets (6d6+2 Heat Damage, Range 20, Burst 4, Artillery)

 

[TheHirumaChico]

This is terrific M3Woods, many thanks! How did you come up with these stats? Is there a formula or other guidance somewhere in the WOIN rules that I have missed?

 

[Morrus]

This is terrific M3Woods, many thanks! How did you come up with these stats? Is there a formula or other guidance somewhere in the WOIN rules that I have missed?

Other than the fact that it flies, I assume he just used the usual vehicle conversion rules.

 

[TheHirumaChico]

Other than the fact that it flies, I assume he just used the usual vehicle conversion rules.

Ahh, my bad, I saw the title "Converting Vehicles" on p.117 of the NOW rulebook and skipped over it since I thought it was more about how to Pimp My Ride and convert listed vehicles into armed Road Warrior machines, which is not what I was seeking. I didn't consider that it might also include guidelines for creating vehicle stats from scratch. Thank you for pointing this out Morrus!

 

[M3woods]

Other than the fact that it flies, I assume he just used the usual vehicle conversion rules.

Yes, I used the conversion rules in N.O.W. for all the stats. The one exception is ACCEL. Since it's near impossible to find the 0-60 time for aircraft, I had to seek out a formula for that. Which then required me to find a formula for determining power (thrust/lift). Yay, math!

 

[TheHirumaChico]

Yes, I used the conversion rules in N.O.W. for all the stats. The one exception is ACCEL. Since it's near impossible to find the 0-60 time for aircraft, I had to seek out a formula for that. Which then required me to find a formula for determining power (thrust/lift). Yay, math!

Thanks so much, you rock! If you could share that math formula you found for power (thrust/lift), that would be terrific so that I could do this myself in the future.