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Wrongway Malcolm · 01-13-20, 02:07 AM

Thanks all for the answers. Here's what I've discovered re: map distances: A patrol to the Bismark Sea is between 3000 and 4000 nm. A patrol to Japan is more than 10x that distance. On the visual map, it looks like a patrol to the Bismark Sea is about as long distancewise as a patrol to Japan. But if you check the distances with the map ruler, you see immediately the distances that look equal are way way different. I'm sure 90% of my issue is this map issue. I have no doubt the FOTRSU conservative fuel use magnifies the issue a small amount. But I'm sure at this point, most of it is map projection issues. Map projection can make it seem like fuel usage is off, when it's not.

01-13-20, 02:07 AM	#6
Wrongway Malcolm Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 6 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Thanks all for the answers. Here's what I've discovered re: map distances: A patrol to the Bismark Sea is between 3000 and 4000 nm. A patrol to Japan is more than 10x that distance. On the visual map, it looks like a patrol to the Bismark Sea is about as long distancewise as a patrol to Japan. But if you check the distances with the map ruler, you see immediately the distances that look equal are way way different. I'm sure 90% of my issue is this map issue. I have no doubt the FOTRSU conservative fuel use magnifies the issue a small amount. But I'm sure at this point, most of it is map projection issues. Map projection can make it seem like fuel usage is off, when it's not.