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#55153 Name This Airline...

Posted by OAAir on 28 March 2008 - 10:05 AM in Off Topic

How about this one (dont think anyone did it):

I am gone.
I launched the 727-25
I WAS the official airline of Disney World


Eastern Airlines

How 'bout this one:

I was the small airline that was used to launch the aviation empire that became today's Continental.



#54811 Name This Airline...

Posted by OAAir on 10 March 2008 - 12:22 AM in Off Topic

United.

Now who else flew all three of the original widebodies?



#53342 Airport Space Limitations

Posted by OAAir on 06 January 2008 - 12:53 AM in Suggestions and Feature Requests

It looks like the wing area for each aircraft can be found by looking them up at http://www.airliners.net/info/. I'll pull the data out for each aircraft in game and send them to you via PM



#53340 Airport Space Limitations

Posted by OAAir on 06 January 2008 - 12:16 AM in Suggestions and Feature Requests

#3 is going to be tough as there are actually several factors, some of which are straightforward, some more complex. The two main ones though would be runway loading and thrust/weight ratios,

The first would be the runway loading . It is the most simple and is calculated in pounds per square inch (or kilos per square meter). For the runways, the issue isn't the overall weight of the aircraft, but rather the how the load is distributed so that you avoid cracking the pavement. That is why you 4 main gear on the 747, triple main gear on your heavy DC-10s and A330/340s and the triple axle gear of the 777 - to help distribute the load over a greater surface area. This is your first limitation. If the runway can't support the aircraft, it really doesn't matter how much excess thrust it has.

For the thrust to weight, that will always be a graph and it will always vary for each airframe and engine combination scaling by weight (the higher the weight or lower the thrust, the longer the needed runway). For that information, there simply can't be a single number.

So bottom line, once you pass the first hurdle, which can be an absolute, easily calculated number, you hit the second, which is not.

I have noticed in the past that each aircraft/engine combination already has a minimum runway length entered in the game. I realize that it wouldn't be perfect, but why not use that as a temporary way of limiting the aircraft while searching for a better solution? I think it would add another layer of challenge than seeing who can be the first to get the most A380s on every route.



#52784 Displaced cities in sim2

Posted by OAAir on 22 December 2007 - 09:24 PM in Bugs

Colombo (CMB) has decided to move from the Indian Ocean to the North Sea. Also, interestingly enough, I can fly there from MCO in a 737 (says 1513 miles), but it is over 11000 from SIN.

Also, Taipei (TPE) has apparently figured out a new form of independence and has moved south to Indonesia.



#52738 Autopricing not giving me best profit

Posted by OAAir on 21 December 2007 - 10:30 PM in Bugs

Something that I've found is that after I change a route (add more frequencies/change the aircraft, etc.) when the autopricing calculates the price, it assumes that the competition's prices will remain static. However, as soon as I hit the update button, their prices all recompute and leave me with some miserable load factors. If I go in and recalculate again, I notice that my price drops, usually quite a bit. Most of the time, I will only have to go back into the route screen one time. But the more airlines you have on the right, the more likely it will be that you'll have to repeat this a couple of times.



#52709 Displaced cities in sim2

Posted by OAAir on 20 December 2007 - 03:24 AM in Bugs

Geneva (GVA) is still showing on the map as being several hundred miles east of the Caspian Sea.

Barcelona (BCN) appears to have moved to have moved into the Balkans.



#52565 gate issues (sim 2)

Posted by OAAir on 17 December 2007 - 03:58 AM in Bugs

I've got the same issue. I set up MCO-FLL for 5 frequencies with the auto-pricing off and the I got an error message. It locked up the 5 slots at both airports, but no route was created.

With the auto-pricing turned on, it worked great!

One other issue: I selected the B1900D, but was given the J-31 instead. Not a big issue, but a little surprising to see when I got in.