Aginor Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) Hey guys! Here's another cheat sheet that I created for myself. Unfortunately I'm not exactly fast in mental arithmetic, in real life I would never have become a fighter pilot, like most of us I guess. In the attached cheat sheet you can find conversions from and to knots, km/h, nautical miles per minute, kilometers per minute, and Mach numbers. Sounds simple, and it is. So what is it good for? Well, some of us, including me, have problems when the ATC says "fly heading 168 for 10" because we don't have any idea how far 10 nm are, especially when you are sitting in a russian plane that gives you kilometers per hour as speeds. So those of us who don't need this cheat sheet can just do the following math in their heads: - airpeed is 500 km/h, 1 km/h is 0.54 knots, so 500 km/h is around 270 knots. - a knot is a nautical mile per hour, so 270 knots means some 4.5 nautical miles per minute. - so I have to fly heading 168 for two minutes. I don't know about you, but I cannot do this. By the time I have solved that math the two minutes are already over. So what I do is: I pick my speed in km/h or knots from the chart, then look how many miles per minute that is. 500 km/h means 5 nm per minute, so I have to fly heading 168 for two minutes. This chart is not entirely accurate, it is rounded. If it isn't precise enough for you, you can tell Excel to include more digits. EDIT: And as you may already have noticed: This is TAS. But you all know the rules for TAS->IAS conversion I guess. ;) Maybe it is useful for you as well, try it and tell me what you think. :) EDIT: slim version in this post: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2232429&postcount=3speed_conversion001.zip Edited August 28, 2015 by Aginor DCSW weapons cheat sheet speed cheat sheet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f4l0 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Nice idea! f4l0 Developer of Simshaker for Aviators Feel the brrrrttt: [Official] SimShaker for Aviators Forums thread at ED forums https://simshaker-for-aviators.github.io/SimShaker-for-Aviators-Releases/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aginor Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Here's a slim version as pdf, for a kneeboard or something.speed_conversion001_small.pdf 1 DCSW weapons cheat sheet speed cheat sheet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devrim Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Thanks guys. Intel i7-14700@5.6GHz | MSI RTX4080 Super SuprimX | Corsair V. 32GB@6400MHz. | Samsung 1TB 990 PRO SSD (Win10Homex64) Samsung G5 32" + Samsung 18" + 2x8"TFT Displays | Saitek X-55 Rhino & Rudder | TM MFD Cougars | Logitech G13, G230, G510, PZ55 & Farming Sim Panel | TIR5 >>MY MODS<< | Discord: Devrim#1068 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nruff Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Good call thanks:thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviators Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 thanks L'importante non è stabilire se uno ha paura o meno, è saper convivere con la propria paura e non farsi condizionare dalla stessa. Ecco, il coraggio è questo, altrimenti non è più coraggio ma incoscienza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthir Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 This matrix is referred ONLY to seal level. My Hardware: ROG Strix X570-F Gaming - AMD 5600X @ 4.7 ghz - G.SKILL TRIDENT 32GB DDR4 3200 (14-14-14-34 CL) - GigaByte 3080ti OC 12gb - Corsair MP600 Force 1TB - 2 x EVO Nvme 500GB - Virpil Warbird Base T-50CM2 and TM Throttle + Trackhat + G25 + AOC AG271QG 27" My Modules: JF-17, F-16C, AV-8N/A, F-18C, ASJ37, MiG-15Bis, MiG-21Bis, Fw-190D, Bf-109K, P-51D, F-86F, Ka-50 III, UH-1H, Mi-8MTV2, NS430, FC3, A-10C, Mirage 2000C, L-39, F-5E-3, SA342, Spitfire, AH-64, Mirage F-1CE. My Maps: Nevada, Normandy, Persian Gulf, Syria, South Atlantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeb Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 The majority of Seals don't fly, they generally jump out of things. ;) Windows 7 64 Home Premium, i5 3570K (3.4 @ 4.4GHz), Asus P8Z77-V LX, 16GB dual channel 1600 ram, EVGA Nvidia GTX980ti, 240 GB OCZ SSD, 3 TB Raptor, Thrustmaster Warthog Hotas and Throttle, Saitek Pro Combat Rudder pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aginor Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) :D :D Panthir is right of course, this chart is TAS. Otherwise it would be different for each altitude. :) EDIT: I included that in the first post, too, in case someone wonders. :) Edited August 28, 2015 by Aginor DCSW weapons cheat sheet speed cheat sheet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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