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Offline 68ROX

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« on: November 15, 2007, 04:22:59 PM »
OK...in our simulated cartoon cockpit world, one square on the map is SUPPOSED to be 25 miles from one side to another.

In my plane...going 400...

It takes me like 16 minutes to get from one side of a square to the other.

If a square is 25 miles...at 400 miles an hour...shouldn't it take about four minutes to travel 25 miles at that speed?

So....are the squares really far larger than 25 miles, or am I not really going 400 in my plane?

Help me on the math here HT...

Thanks

68ROX
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Offline Raptor

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« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2007, 04:26:31 PM »
TAS or IAS?
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« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2007, 04:26:56 PM »
I'm gonna guess something is way off in your calculations, I've never taken 16min to cross a single grid square, hell I bet in 16min I could cross a grid square in a Jeep.
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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2007, 04:29:23 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2007, 04:30:06 PM »
Yeah man, the throttle is the one that makes it go.
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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2007, 04:32:38 PM »
Many of the aircraft will not even remain airborne at the 93.75 mph required to transverse only 25 miles in 16 minutes of flight...

EDIT-> Especially at higher altitudes, where your IAS would need to be even lower in order to maintain a TAS of 93.75 mph!!
« Last Edit: November 15, 2007, 04:35:58 PM by Ghastly »
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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2007, 05:23:46 PM »
Just for grins I just did an offline test and the results were as expected...

Altitude 60ft so TAS and IAS were pretty much equal. Full throttle, up to full speed (306mph) in a 110G2..

25miles in 5 minutes.
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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2007, 05:28:03 PM »
just tryed it in a Dora9 w/ 100% and took just about 4.5min on the deck
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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2007, 05:57:12 PM »
68ROX did you try flying in a straight line (sober)?
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Offline OOZ662

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« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2007, 07:19:27 PM »
If you flew from corner to corner, it wouldn't be 25 miles.

I don't think. :p Head's too gone for that math right now.
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« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2007, 07:51:18 PM »
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If you flew from corner to corner, it wouldn't be 25 miles.

I don't think. :p Head's too gone for that math right now.


Correct, it would be 35.355 miles.
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Offline TalonX

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« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2007, 07:57:45 PM »
At 400 miles per hour, you would traverse a sector in this many minutes:

25/400  X  60  =    1/16   X    60 =  3.75 minutes...or   3 minutes 45 seconds.

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« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2007, 08:00:24 PM »
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At 400 miles per hour, you would traverse a sector in this many minutes:

25/400  X  60  =    1/16   X    60 =  3.75 minutes...or   3 minutes 45 seconds.

There ya go, Professor Talon got it for you. :aok
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« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2007, 08:26:24 PM »
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Originally posted by 68ROX
OK...in our simulated cartoon cockpit world, one square on the map is SUPPOSED to be 25 miles from one side to another.

In my plane...going 400...

It takes me like 16 minutes to get from one side of a square to the other.

If a square is 25 miles...at 400 miles an hour...shouldn't it take about four minutes to travel 25 miles at that speed?

So....are the squares really far larger than 25 miles, or am I not really going 400 in my plane?

Help me on the math here HT...

Thanks

68ROX



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