A Simple Helpful Calculation for you all

So I'm almost 90% sure this is right because I've even run tests on it to clarify its accuracy which you can usually get within a few seconds depending on distance. But I've come up with a calculation on how many real minutes it would take to reach a place in time compression.

First what you need, are your waypoints, plot them, then set time to x1 and read the end waypoints time, lets say 96:15 which is 96 hours and 15 minutes.

Next, take 96 and multiply by 60 (minutes in an hour) to get 5760 (total minutes in 96 hours) then add 15 (the leftover) to get 5775 (Total minutes for the whole trip)

Now take whatever TC you want to run it at, and divide by that, lets say 512 to get 11.279296 Minutes.

Now if you want to get real precise, take 60(seconds in a minute) and multiply .279296 to get 16.75776 seconds. So your trip of 96 hours and 15 minutes at 1x time compression would take 11 minute and 16 seconds at 512.

So the equation would look like this, [ h x 60 + l(m)]/ 512 = t(m)

where h= hours, l(m)= leftover minutes, the remainder if you will, and t(m.a.c.) = trip in minutes at compression.

If you don't understand why this equation works look below

Another way to look at it would be a ratio such as (using the same variables)

512tc------|----- 5775 Minutes-----|----11.279296 minutes
_______ = ___________ = __________

a-----------|-------- 1 tc----------|-------1a

The tc in the top left and tc in the bottom right cancel out and leave you with minutes on top, over 1a

So yeah, I had always wondered for a way to calculate that but never realized it until I had a duh moment and remembered math. When I say I tested it I mean in the case of those numbers there, I got 11 minutes and 16 seconds at 512 tc for a 96 hour 15 minute trip at 1 tc. So I took a stop watch, started it and stopped it once I reached my destination my time?? 11 minutes, 20 seconds (No stops from ships, just slight mathematical error somewhere due to my laziness) then I ran it again on a shorter distance and a longer one and was a little under a few seconds off either way.

So then I thought I'd post this up here for you all, hope this is a useful tool for any of you who would like to know that number and are pressed for time

Casey