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Game Data / Re: Bréguet 763 speed

« on: October 26, 2009, 10:23:09 pm »

The source I got the speed from is an Air France book reviewing all aircraft used until 1983. The Bréguet 763 cruise speed is listed as "380 km/h", giving 236 mph or 205 kts. It also fits this aircraft better. Regarding pax capacity 107 is right, and range seems ok too. As a side note they were most of the time used by Air France with passengers only on the upper deck and freight on the lower deck !

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Game Data / Bréguet 763 speed

« on: October 17, 2009, 10:23:44 pm »

Reviewing the aircraft database I noticed what looks like a typo : the Bréguet 763 Provence speed should be 205, but the database shows 105.

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Game Data / Re: Missing aircraft

« on: October 10, 2009, 07:53:02 pm »

Ok, sorry.

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Game Data / Re: Paris-Le Bourget ?

« on: October 10, 2009, 07:52:12 pm »

Ok, I can understand this. I already noticed we were using current airport data even when playing in a "historical" world. Is there any plan to make these data closer to what they were in their respective era ?

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Game Data / Re: Missing aircraft

« on: October 09, 2009, 10:28:27 pm »

but what I thought about was more a kind of dynamic production limit : as a new type enters service only a few are able to be bought each month

"A few" in a 1300-person world is simply not going to cut it. Individualized ordering books is the only way to go.

Not if this "few" is available to the whole world and not to each player (as in the real world).

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Game Data / Re: Paris-Le Bourget ?

« on: October 09, 2009, 10:24:49 pm »

Thank you for the useful link. A question though : in the "capacity" and "cargo tonnage" fields should I enter the maximum capacity or the actual number of passengers/cargo ?

Ok, disregard my question, I found the answer.

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Game Data / Paris-Le Bourget ?

« on: October 09, 2009, 08:17:33 pm »

Why isn't this airport implemented ? It has been the Paris airport for decades, and is still an active platform, especially for biz-jets.

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Game Data / Re: Missing aircraft

« on: October 09, 2009, 08:11:57 pm »

Thank you for your answers. I can understand that some reliable data may be tough to find. I'd be glad to try to help you, especially about French aircraft.

Hi there,

The production limit could be great, for example.. Airbus could produce 5 A320 per month or per year (game time, of coruse) or some limit like that.

That limit will make new strategies and alliances Well, it's only a suggestion

I don't know how it could be implemented, but what I thought about was more a kind of dynamic production limit : as a new type enters service only a few are able to be bought each month, and each times all available aircraft are ordered production increases on next month (or decreases if orders are low for, say, two or three months in a row). The trouble though is to find a way to determine which airlines will be served first...

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Game Data / Missing aircraft

« on: October 08, 2009, 08:04:44 pm »

Hello to all, I'm new to AM.

Very interesting (addicting ?) game, I noted that many aircraft were not in the database though, some of them being quite important in civil aviation history. Those I noticed as missing :

Latécoère 28
Junkers F.13
Wibault 282/283
Sud-Ouest SO.30P
Potez 62

Were they only forgotten or are they missing due to a lack of data ?

I also noticed that prototypes-only aircraft were included, like the Bristol Pullman, NC.211 Cormoran, or Shangai Y-10. Doesn't this bring some unbalanced situations as these aircraft were never used by airlines ? (my opinion being that there was good reason for them to remain only prototypes)

A last question : is there any plan to implement a kind of production limit ? It is quite weird to see thousands of aircraft delivered within a couple of years.

Thank you and keep up the good work !