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wetwarev7 · 03-26-07, 05:42 PM

As stated above, if you have time, plot the ships position on the map, wait either 3 or 6 or 30 or 60 mintues and then plot the position again. the speed is roughly:

3 minutes: 20Xdistance=speed
6 minutes: 10Xdistance
30 minutes: 2Xdistance
60 mintues: 1Xdistance.

Any of these will give you a halfway decent estimate of speed. Obviuosly, the longer the time, the more accurate the estimate.

03-26-07, 05:42 PM	#9
wetwarev7 Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Deep Waters Posts: 871 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	As stated above, if you have time, plot the ships position on the map, wait either 3 or 6 or 30 or 60 mintues and then plot the position again. the speed is roughly: 3 minutes: 20Xdistance=speed 6 minutes: 10Xdistance 30 minutes: 2Xdistance 60 mintues: 1Xdistance. Any of these will give you a halfway decent estimate of speed. Obviuosly, the longer the time, the more accurate the estimate. __________________ Guess I should change my sig since SH5 has an offline mode now