Windows - Weekly Trading Thread - March 7th 2016

[uyetti]

thanks for the calculators guys. that completed my project.

 

[BearFlights]

Hi @Harcourt

Happy to connect! I will be sending out gifts shortly

Hi @BearFlights

I have sent you an invite, please accept and enter my code (below) into your game so we will have a good two-way connection.

All my gifts have been sent for today but I have several of your needs. If you would like something specific please let me know.

Regards
Harcourt

 

[gbswales]

You know I wondered about that, but have checked and it does seem to regenerate when I've closed the game down. Maybe its just me though...

Thanks to everyone who sent the Solar Cells tonight! Love this forum!

I wasn't sure about regeneration but of course it only goes up to the MAX - if you can land planes giving fuel after it reaches maximum or any you can build in a fuel station are added after the max - then the maximum expands to accommodate them - however if you add them before you reach the max (as I did accidently just now!) then in effect you lose the extra fuel once the max is reached (does that make sense?)

I topped up a full supply by 10 when I woke up briefly in the night - then added another 10 this morning - by then all my flights had returned but I managed to launch 5 of them immediately and the 6th after about 5 minutes - without dipping into any reserve. I try to make sure that my reserve stays as high as possible. I am flying 1 turbo prop (collecting the last few stars and collecting space flight stuff) 4 Jets (they will be in use for some time) and 1 Delta. I have a powerful Delta in storage at the moment but wont bring that in until I have secured more stars with the Jets - I guess at that point my fuel problems might become more of an issue and I will have to carefully manage flights so they are staggered to make best use of resources

 

[BearFlights]

Sunday Gifts!
Thanks for the gifts @david smith (gamerader) @gorrion @crescent moon @w4mlhq8 (Airville) @wydaho @Aero Aereola @Harcourt

Gifts also sent to @david smith (gameradar2) @Radu81 @ItsRalphy @MarcoVering @Vivke @cats are awesome @wkndcmpr (Skymarshall and SkyM2) @andreasmrg @Husam

Saturday today!
Thanks for the gifts @david smith (both gamerader and gameradar2) @gorrion @Radu81 @w4mlhq8 @Aero Aereola @ItsRalphy @MarcoVering

Gifts also sent to @Vivke @cats are awesome @wkndcmpr (Skymarshall and SkyM2) @crescent moon @andreasmrg @Husam @wydaho

Signature updated

 

[Gandalf]

Hi all,
anyone out there willing or being able to help me with
one or the other item below? Thanks a lot in advance!
Seems to be tedious to obtain the items from flights only...
Regards and bye for now!

 

[Harcourt]

Sunday Gifts!
Thanks for the gifts @david smith (gamerader) @gorrion @crescent moon @w4mlhq8 (Airville) @wydaho @Aero Aereola @Harcourt

Hi @BearFlights

I am pleased my gift arrived and can confirm I have received yours !

It seems we are well connected, which is always a relief !

Regards
Harcourt

 

[cats are awesome]

can u send gameradar2 anti theft gate x2

Sure!

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

Hi all,
anyone out there willing or being able to help me with
one or the other item below? Thanks a lot in advance!
Seems to be tedious to obtain the items from flights only...
Regards and bye for now!

I can help you with the following gifts Solar Cell (2) - Amperemeter (2) - Laser Cutter (2) - it will of course take quite sometime to gift all these - if other flyers can help that would speed things up. I will start tomorrow morning London GMT time - let me know how you progress with these items.

 

[crescent moon (RIP)]

Hi all,
anyone out there willing or being able to help me with
one or the other item below? Thanks a lot in advance!
Seems to be tedious to obtain the items from flights only...
Regards and bye for now!

I'm sorry Gandalf - I don't have any of those. Will continue to send fuel(20).

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

@Phil G - I've just opened up a red launch if your up for it - your very welcomed.

 

[Doc]

Welcome to the end of the week! A special thank to my friends and neighbors for the gifts, collected all the necessary item for my next upgrade for Doc 2, again thank you very much. Enjoy the day with family and friends, see you tomorrow in the skies (I'll be the guy flying upside down). P.S. If you see something I have that you need, send me a request and I'll make it happen. I try to look at the forum and your add-ons to your call sign to give what you need. Sorry if I miss.

 

[Husam]

Hi All,
Thanks for those send gifts for today and I hope that all the gifts I sent was received.
Good luck every one

 

[Agent_L]

I wasn't sure about regeneration but of course it only goes up to the MAX - if you can land planes giving fuel after it reaches maximum or any you can build in a fuel station are added after the max - then the maximum expands to accommodate them - however if you add them before you reach the max (as I did accidently just now!) then in effect you lose the extra fuel once the max is reached (does that make sense?)

I topped up a full supply by 10 when I woke up briefly in the night - then added another 10 this morning - by then all my flights had returned but I managed to launch 5 of them immediately and the 6th after about 5 minutes - without dipping into any reserve. I try to make sure that my reserve stays as high as possible. I am flying 1 turbo prop (collecting the last few stars and collecting space flight stuff) 4 Jets (they will be in use for some time) and 1 Delta. I have a powerful Delta in storage at the moment but wont bring that in until I have secured more stars with the Jets - I guess at that point my fuel problems might become more of an issue and I will have to carefully manage flights so they are staggered to make best use of resources

I don't think your strategy is optimal. Every minute your fuel is at max or above max, you're loosing 1 fuel per minute. Sure, it's neat when all planes start and land at same time, but it's simply not the most fuel efficient strategy.
I just launch planes with intervals depending on when enough fuel regenerates to launch next one. If all are mid-air then I simply look how much space I have left and when first plane will come back. If I have 40/100 fuel (that's free space for 60 more fuel) but first plane arrives in over 90 minutes, then I use the fuel to speed up the last one - because overflow means fuel wasted 100% while completing a flight does give at least something back.
The dilemma seems to be when I have 90/100, 10 fuel is ready to take from fuel station and a plane arrives in 10 minutes. But when you look at the numbers, natural regen gives 60 fuel per hour while fuel station gives only 10 fuel per hour - so I always prioritize letting the regen clock tick, as it's the most efficient way to get fuel.

I don't think it gets any harder with bigger planes - as you can see, most flights use around 0.1 fuel per minute. Eg:
Jet, Rome, 180 minutes - 22 fuel
Jet, Sydney, 280 minutes - 28 fuel
Delta, Nice, 300 minutes - 30 fuel
Delta, New York, 360 minutes - 36 fuel
Jumbo, Berlin, 480 minutes - 48 fuel
Jumbo, Vladivostok, 520 minutes - 48 fuel
Giant, Oslo, 540 minutes - 50 fuel

So it pretty much means that natural regen is not enough only when you have more than 10 planes. It doesn't really matter which planes would that be.
Bigger planes seem to be slightly more fuel efficient. It's different only when you get to Falcons:
Falcon, Montevideo, 180 minutes - 45 fuel. That's 0,25 fuel per minute. Which means you can sustainably keep only 4 Falcons in the air at all times.

 

[david smith]

I don't think your strategy is optimal. Every minute your fuel is at max or above max, you're loosing 1 fuel per minute. Sure, it's neat when all planes start and land at same time, but it's simply not the most fuel efficient strategy.
I just launch planes with intervals depending on when enough fuel regenerates to launch next one. If all are mid-air then I simply look how much space I have left and when first plane will come back. If I have 40/100 fuel (that's free space for 60 more fuel) but first plane arrives in over 90 minutes, then I use the fuel to speed up the last one - because overflow means fuel wasted 100% while completing a flight does give at least something back.
The dilemma seems to be when I have 90/100, 10 fuel is ready to take from fuel station and a plane arrives in 10 minutes. But when you look at the numbers, natural regen gives 60 fuel per hour while fuel station gives only 10 fuel per hour - so I always prioritize letting the regen clock tick, as it's the most efficient way to get fuel.

I don't think it gets any harder with bigger planes - as you can see, most flights use around 0.1 fuel per minute. Eg:
Jet, Rome, 180 minutes - 22 fuel
Jet, Sydney, 280 minutes - 28 fuel
Delta, Nice, 300 minutes - 30 fuel
Delta, New York, 360 minutes - 36 fuel
Jumbo, Berlin, 480 minutes - 48 fuel
Jumbo, Vladivostok, 520 minutes - 48 fuel
Giant, Oslo, 540 minutes - 50 fuel

So it pretty much means that natural regen is not enough only when you have more than 10 planes. It doesn't really matter which planes would that be.
Bigger planes seem to be slightly more fuel efficient. It's different only when you get to Falcons:
Falcon, Montevideo, 180 minutes - 45 fuel. That's 0,25 fuel per minute. Which means you can sustainably keep only 4 Falcons in the air at all times.

could u send wide angle binoculars to gameradar2

 

[david smith]

Sure!

recived anti theft gate, need 1 more, thanks in adv.

 

[david smith]

Hi all,
anyone out there willing or being able to help me with
one or the other item below? Thanks a lot in advance!
Seems to be tedious to obtain the items from flights only...
Regards and bye for now!

sent invite from gameradar2,I've solar cell, ampremeter, laser cutter, will send invite from gamerader

 

[Agent_L]

could u send wide angle binoculars to gameradar2

Deep in my heart I was hoping your old account will miraculously come back to life but well... I'm deleting old ones and adding your not-so new gameradar2.

 

[ItsRalphy]

By the way I am not hitting the town tonight - last night showed me best to pace myself! - But I am hitting space - I have a red launch in the launch thread and only 62 points needed for a very easy 4th place! - come on in

 

[Wasted Eagle]

Heel leuk om een bericht in het nederlands te krijgen. Ben je van België of Nederland misschien? Flight helmets zijn prima.
Great to have a post in Dutch, are you from Belgium or the Netherlans? Flight helmets are great

Belgium!

 

[david smith]

Deep in my heart I was hoping your old account will miraculously come back to life but well... I'm deleting old ones and adding your not-so new gameradar2.

sent invite from gameradar2 lv 26, gamerader lv 60 keep