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We know that every 100 preproduction model made can bring new a/c one month ahead of time. The problem is, I believe, no a/c will be availble to use until the first day of the following month when the new type is deemed available. This may result a significant waste on "unnecessay R&D". For instance, I converted some factories to speed up Me262 production. I have one factory rolling out Me262 from 17/08/43. Assuming no Allied interruption, I will have a daily output of 5 Me262 from 27/09/43. On 1/10/43, 55 Me262 are in R&D pool. After that, 150 Me262 every month. By 01/02/44, 655 Me262 will be in R&D pool, errrrrr, just not enough to bring Me262 live! As a result, no Me262 will be available until 01/03/44. So, in February '44, a total of 150 more Me262 went to the R&D pool, 100 of which were in fact wasted. 100 Me262 are 400 engines. Imaging 400 more Fw190 or Ta154 in the sky! Did I get anything wrong here? Another related question here. We all know that actually a/c produced is not always the same as it is supposed. Say, I have 12 Fw190 lines active. I may recieve something like between 10 to 14 Fw190 a day instead of a steady 12 every day. sometimes I even receive non-production types, e.g. D520 or even Me210. Does this happen to R&D types as well? If so, even if I divert anothe factory to produce extra 50 Me262, I may still be unlucky to topup the pool without knowing it. That's a pain, isn't it?
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