Airline Mogul Forum
Airline Mogul => Game Strategy => Topic started by: SWZ on August 06, 2010, 04:14:12 pm
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I've begun to use a spreadsheet so i can manage my fleet better.
I'm trying to come up with a Calculator that allows me to see the furthest airport I can fly an aircraft to, given the block time left on it.
But I have managed to mess up the formula and now I am unbelievably confused..and I have a headache.
What am I doing wrong in this formula?
Longest Possible Route (Distance) = ((Remaining Block Time - Turn Time - Turn Time) * Speed)
According to this formula a particular a/c in my fleet had enough time left to fly to an airport just 47nm away.. yet when I tried to launch the route, this a/c wasn't available ??? ??? ???
So what is wrong with my formula above? Help please coz it's driving me crazy!
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Distance = ( Remaining Time / 2 - turn time ) * speed
You calculated 2 turn time, but forgot to divide the distance in 2. ;)
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He mean dividing the block time by 2, but that is assuming you wanted a 1-frequency flight...
[DistanceAvailable] = Speed * [(RemainingBlockTime / 2) - TurnTime]
If you just wanted a 0.5-frequency flight...
[DistanceAvailable] = Speed * [RemainingBlockTime - TurnTime]
I've also found that the game is rather finicky when stretching the limits of aircraft usage. I used to calculate routes using literally all 24 hours; however, there were times when it wouldn't accept it because the actual aircraft usage was actually 24.001 hours.
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Thanks for the replies.
OK, so using these formulas, an a/c with speed 265 and 0.84hrs left of operable time with 0.26 turn time (and assuming 1-freq route) can only go 42.4nm. Right?
Just want to make sure I've got this right...then I can go lie down and recover from this headache!
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OK, so using these formulas, an a/c with speed 265 and 0.84hrs left of operable time with 0.26 turn time (and assuming 1-freq route) can only go 42.4nm. Right?
Correct. However, just be prepared for some disappointment if you actually do find a 42nm route to fly.