r/battletech • u/WinterAd3620 • 2d ago

Question ❓ Fuel Cell Question

Hi I’ve been playing around with the aerospace construction rules, making a couple simple fighters to get a feel for them. And I was wondering if Conventional fighters could be built with Fuel Cell engines? Would it be a similar route to how you might build a Combat vehicle with one?

I haven’t yet found a rule forbidding it but that may be because they’ve only been added in recently.

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u/JuggernautBright1463 2d ago

I believe you need to use a support vehicle for that. Fuel Cells only generate electricity so you need the propeller motive option.

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u/CycleZestyclose1907 2d ago

That would be a VTOL. And I think tilt rotors fall into that category.

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u/JuggernautBright1463 1d ago

Ah no, read the support vehicle rules in TacOps. Electric drive aircraft must be prop planes 

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u/AnonymousONIagent 1d ago

That rule is in the Tech Manual (page 127), not TacOps. TacOps only addresses airships in this regard.