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Old 09-27-10, 11:28 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Puster Bill View Post
The distance in meters that a ship travels in 3:15 is easily converted to knots by dividing by 100: If a ship travels 700 meters in that time, its speed is 7 knots.

It's a handy shortcut to find the speed of a target.
aaahh, now i understand.

so, if i go ahead with my 5 minutes method on the speed conversion chart in-game, it may not be a true speed reading?
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