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Rob Silverton
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:22:00 -
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Hi there,
Not sure if this is the right place to ask but its to do with ships so here goes.
Looking at some ships they have jump drives that use fuel but the distance is in ly and not AU, so I was wondering how you convert it.
its 5 ly and 3.5 ly.
How far it 1 ly? I am looking at the big carriers 285,000 and 785,000 ships, 3.5 ly is from the leav 55,000. But if 1 ly is 1 AU then if I jumped 18.3 AU it would use a lot of fuel and cost a lot( i am trying to work out for the future).
Many thanks
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Grytok
moon7empler Ev0ke
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:25:00 -
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For Jump-Range-Calculations go there -> http://www.eve-icsc.com/jumptools/jumpplanner.php .
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Planktal
Kenshao Industries The Star League
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:40:00 -
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1 light year = 63 239.6AU
sig-- Here, sanity... niiiice sanity, come to daddy... okay, that's a good sanity... *THWONK!* GOT the bastard. |
Rob Silverton
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:41:00 -
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Edited by: Rob Silverton on 03/06/2008 14:42:59 many thanks for the link and for the conversion
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Bronson Hughes
The. Conspiracy
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:43:00 -
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Edited by: Bronson Hughes on 03/06/2008 14:43:00 Short version: use the jump planner, it will tell you where you can jump to.
Long version: 1 Light Year ~ 63,000 AU. Given that an average 'large' solar system in EvE isn't much larger than 100 AU across, 1 light year is about the distance covered by 630 large solar systems stacked end-to-end. The Jump Drive is used to jump between solar systems instead of using a jumpgate. I would imagine that you could use a Jump Drive to move from place to place inside the same solar system but I've never actually tried nor would I suggest trying on the live server because it would just be a waste of fuel. -------------------- "I am hard pressed on my right; my centre is giving way; situation excellent; I am attacking." - Ferdinand Foch at the Battle of the Marne |
0mega
GoonFleet GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:44:00 -
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http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=1+light+year+in+au&meta= Have fun
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Rob Silverton
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:44:00 -
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many thanks for all the quick help
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0mega
GoonFleet GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:44:00 -
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Originally by: Bronson Hughes I would imagine that you could use a Jump Drive to move from place to place inside the same solar system but I've never actually tried nor would I suggest trying on the live server because it would just be a waste of fuel.
You can't jump to a beacon in the same system, it just comes up with an 'invalid' error message.
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Bronson Hughes
The. Conspiracy
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Posted - 2008.06.03 14:57:00 -
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Originally by: 0mega You can't jump to a beacon in the same system, it just comes up with an 'invalid' error message.
Good to know. Even if you could, it would be a bad idea. -------------------- "I am hard pressed on my right; my centre is giving way; situation excellent; I am attacking." - Ferdinand Foch at the Battle of the Marne |
Pirokobo
Orion Academy THE INTERSTELLAR FOUNDRY
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Posted - 2008.06.03 16:28:00 -
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Mind you, if CCP really wanted to be despicable they could factor in that C is only constant when gravity and refractive index are also constant.
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Yuki Asuka
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Posted - 2008.06.03 16:52:00 -
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Just so you know how astronomical distances work,
1 AU = the distance from Earth to the sun, about 8 light-minutes.
so, if you wanted to know how many AU were in a lightyear, you'd figure out the minutes in a year, divide by eight, and you'd have a very large number, which somebody up there already told you.
AU and Light-years are vastly different, hence why jump drives are so awesome and expensive.
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