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Title: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: 68ROX 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

Title: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: Raptor on November 15, 2007, 04:26:31 PM

TAS or IAS?

Title: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: trax1 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.

Title: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: FBplmmr on November 15, 2007, 04:29:23 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQSlf43jpBY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQSlf43jpBY)


:noid

Title: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: Scherf on November 15, 2007, 04:30:06 PM

Yeah man, the throttle is the one that makes it go.

Title: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: Ghastly 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!!

Title: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: NHawk 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.

Title: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: VansCrew1 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

Title: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: Vulcan on November 15, 2007, 05:57:12 PM

68ROX did you try flying in a straight line (sober)?

Title: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: OOZ662 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.

Title: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: Donzo on November 15, 2007, 07:51:18 PM

Quote

Originally posted by OOZ662
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.

Title: The Math
Post by: TalonX 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.

Title: Re: The Math
Post by: trax1 on November 15, 2007, 08:00:24 PM

Quote

Originally posted by TalonX
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

Title: Re: HTC...Help me on the MATH
Post by: dedalos on November 15, 2007, 08:26:24 PM

Quote

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

Heeeeeere is your sign

:rofl