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Originally Posted by Threesixtyci
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Fixed wire is a way to calculate the speed of a given ship by knowing the ship's length and plugging it into a formula.... that involves time. (will need a calculator, for this...). I don't remember the formula.
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Length (in meters) divided by time (seconds), multiplied by 2, and you get knots as the result. It's a simple and good-enough approximation, but officially you should multiply by 1.944.