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Arctic ATV v1 Classic Mode

A Search & Rescue ATV for the Arctic in Classic game mode, so limited tech available.

This started as a test to see if I could warm the cabin by diverting the hot coolant from the engines to radiators in the cabin... This experiment ended in an absolute success; It gave me the understanding of the components involved to never try this again. Radiators are not heat exchangers and should not be treated as such, evidentally.

Because I did like the design, I changed the purpose to be more practical in gameplay; An amphibious vehicle that can fullfill the role of an emergency vehicle both on the road and in the water. It isn't fast, but that's because it's designed for Classic career, as a starter vehicle. As such it is cheap and practical. It isn't efficient, and if you want to use the amphibious water mode you'll need doors or put blocks in their place (at least the side-doors), but it does come fully equipped. And to be frank, doors only take 6 research points, so it should be available quite easily.

Design and controllers:
All the controllers are made by myself in the editor, but given their simplicity, I won't stand on ceremony and bother with copyrights or anything like that; Use at your own discretion, no credit required. Same goes for the design, or anything else related to the vessel. If it helps you, have at it. For me, putting it here on the Workshop helps me maintain backups of working designs even between installations.

Other than the doors issue, it is fully functional.

For use beyond the Arctic; I couldn't heat the engines beyond 31 degrees celcius (engines are limited, but still). I did not test the design beyond the Arctic, but I suspect that the engines would reach around 60 degrees (rough guestimate). The engine controllers include heatguards and there are temperature guages in the Engineers seat, so you'll have fair warning and it won't straight up blow up on you.

Known problems:
Hypothermia; As of yet, still looking for a heating solution for the cabin that is low level and preferably taps into the engine cooling system.

Notes:
All buttons and seat controls are clearly labelled.
Negative throttle results in reverse.
For all seat buttons, there are buttons in the cockpit.
Axis do not have throttles in the cockpit. There is ample room to change that though.
No pumps. Drain water by opening side-doors on land.
Top hatch safe to open for limited time before it becomes a problem (even in still waters).
45 degree slopes are not a problem. Steeper will probably start becoming a problem.
Fuel gauges assume pressurized to 60 atmosphere. 6 medium tanks, about 1021 liters.
Can go quite a bit on a full tank, but it's not meant for long journeys.
Quite slow and inefficient in the water, so try and get as close as possible over land before diving in.
Generator can barely keep battery topped off, but room for another, but spatially and torque-wise.
Light controls are next to Engineer seat.
Port side air vent is output vent (see handle direction when open).
Starboard side air vent is input vent (see handle direction when open).
Manual bilge pump installed behind the Engineer seat.
Self-righting; Driving off a bridge is not an issue.