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This is a summary of my studies so far. I only have L2 Helicopters, so its stopped at that. I will update this as we go along, but probably not again until 100 flights for each. The repetition in items seems steady at about 8 different combinations of materials for each flight, so while there may be some narrowing, after 100 it will likely be steady.

Average Cost assumes only the use of H Fuel at 5 units for 10 coins (2 min). Sparrows remain profitable (though in the 10s of coins per hour) at 18 for 55 coins (10 mins), but that's it. Any higher and even Sparrows are losing propositions.

As of 28 May 2018:

For Each Flight - # of flights forming the basis (this will stop at 100), Avg Cost, Avg Profit, Time for flight, Profit/Hr

Sparrow:

Yellowstone: 100 flights, Avg Cost: 42.4, Avg Profit: 7.6 Time: 4 mins, PPH: 114

Lake Baikal: 52 flights, Avg cost: 55.5, Avg profit: 9.5, Time: 6 mins, PPH: 95

Snowdonia: 50 flights, Avg cost: 70.6, Avg profit: 9.4, Time: 8 mins, PPH: 71

Fiordland: 50 flights, Avg cost: 86.0, Avg profit: 9.0, Time: 10 mins, PPH: 54

Banff: 50 flights, Avg cost: 102.5, Avg profit: 7.5, Time: 12 mins, PPH: 38

Crossbill:

Iguazu Falls: 49 flights, Avg cost: 188.8, Avg profit: -39.8 Time: 15 mins, PPH: -159

Angel Falls: 31 flights, Avg cost: 247.2, Avg profit: -56.2 Time: 20 mins, PPH: -168

Victoria Falls: 30 flights, Avg cost: 297.5, Avg profit: -64.5 Time: 25 mins, PPH: -155

Niagra Falls: 24 flights, Avg cost: 468.8, Avg profit: -108.8 Time: 40 mins, PPH: -163

Rideau Falls: 23 flights, Avg cost: 693.7, Avg profit: -164.7 Time: 60 mins, PPH: -165

[USER=9388]@WolfAngus[/USER] hat tip for finding my formula bug in PPH.

As of earlier (Feb 2018?):

For those interested, unformatted, here are the related total #'s of items used

Sparrow: Micro, Gear, Varnish, Sensor

Yellowstone (13): 16 5 5 3

Lake Baikal (10):  13 3 10 4

Snowdonia (10):  15 1 5 11

Fiordland (10):  10 3 12 13

Banff (10):   7 7 17 15

Crossbill: Valve, Pyramid, Swivel, Emerg, Drive, Tail

Iguazu (10): 3 14 2 6 15 7

Angel (10):  7 4 4 7 20 18

Victoria (10):  20 6 22 12 10 10

Niagra (10):  18 8 34 14 26 22

Rideau (10):  26 26 39 31 44 21