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R&D Engine Factories - 2/18/2022 6:10:43 AM

awaw

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Been a while since I visited aircraft R&D. Did a forum search but most goggle hits throw up ac research and not engine research.
IIRC, Jap R&D engines operate differently from R&D ac factories:

1. RD Engines repair once per day, no dice rolls (if there are sufficient supplies at the base)
2. Rather than produce 1~3 research points per day as in R&D ac factories, RD engines produce "research engines" as per their ratings
a. A size 30(0) R&D aircraft factory produce 1~3 points depending on RND(30) rolls
b. A size 30(0) R&D engine factory produce 30/30=1 point per day.
c. A size 300(0) R&D engine factory produce 300/30=10 point per day.

Is the above correct? If not, which part did I remember wrongly?

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RE: R&D Engine Factories - 2/18/2022 6:27:31 AM

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Can confirm 1 and 2b.
2a is a hard no. A size 30(0) R&D aircraft factory produces 1 point per day, or 2 with engine bonus.
2c I don't know but expect not. I leave all R&D engine factories at size 30 until they enter production, then expand them to the production level at that point.

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RE: R&D Engine Factories - 2/18/2022 2:49:55 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

Can confirm 1 and 2b.
2a is a hard no. A size 30(0) R&D aircraft factory produces 1 point based on a formula that depends on how far away the production date is.

My understanding is that "how far production rate is" affects chance of repair of a damaged R&D ac factory.
Only fully repaired R&D ac factories produce R&D points.

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RE: R&D Engine Factories - 2/18/2022 3:18:43 PM

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In the manual folder there's a production addendum. That may have the answer you need....GP

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RE: R&D Engine Factories - 2/18/2022 6:40:46 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: awaw

My understanding is that "how far production rate is" affects chance of repair of a damaged R&D ac factory.
Only fully repaired R&D ac factories produce R&D points.

You are right on that formula applying to repair it to 30(0).
Edited above, to say once it is 30(0) it produces 1 research point per day, or 2 with engine bonus.

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RE: R&D Engine Factories - 2/19/2022 6:05:08 AM

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The basic differences between researching engines to a/c are, it's one point per turn repair with no die roll and they need to be fully repaired. You still need 100 development points to advance the R&D engine, 30 sized factory is the optimal size with >10k supply.

Once the engine goes into production you need to expand. Why! a/c research that uses that engine get a bonus if the engine pool has >500 engines in it. Thats per factory.

Read this for more detail https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4237842

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