Where the stock game is concerned, seafarer is closest to decribing my experience. I use 50 Nm radius. The difference between "Patrol" and "Deploy" is key. I don't think you can put a fixed number on "Patrol." I've known it to be more than 48 and as little as 24. I seem to get more deploy missions than patrol, so there is less experience with the latter to get a solid feel for the time and distance rules (if there are any.)
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