Econ Mod Data Has Been Reset

Mike,

I see your latest cargo flight in the Beaver again negative. I'll crunch the numbers tomorrow morning to see what needs tweaking.

Thanks,

John

Thanks John. That flight was just 390 lbs under MTOW, so there's not a lot of room to improve. I was carrying a full fuel load because the Alaska Grand Tour doesn't feature many airstrips where fuel is available. On top of that, soft landings are tough with a full load, as the Beaver tends to sink rapidly on final. In fact my passengers actually screamed on that landing at 4AK - did you warn us about that?

Mike

Hey Mike,

Yes...in the latest manual if you have the latest download (3.2) it explains sounds and comment limits. Passenger screams are currently based on G-Force limits < -0.3 or > 1.75. I don't think I've had a landing trigger that except once when I crashed into a mountain when my Beaver iced up and lost engine power. I have had it on a water landing but I think that might have been due to excessive taxi speed.

All sound files are in the main SPAACARS folder and any or all of them can be disabled by renaming or deleting the files there.

John
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Ok, so I adjusted cargo rates for a positive revenue on your last flight Mike (if re-flown again exactly the same). Don't know how this will affect other cargo flights - we'll see with more test flights.

Also interesting was Scott's two flights - very similar in aircraft setup yet great difference in revenue.

After plugging into my spreadsheet I've discovered that the flight time played the significant difference here. The extra 12 minutes of flying increased profit by about $1200.

All these numbers are so interrelated I'm not sure what changes to make next.

John

I already see that I don't like this based on other results. I've decided I'll have to scrap pretty much the whole current Calc model and create one of my own.

I'll be working on it presently.

John

John,

Uh-Oh, sounds like you're wading into a LOT of work. Are you sure you want to do this?

Mike