This calculator is arithmetic on a table, not a live mixer. Enter quantities from your own [FIRE FIGHTING] Flight World session. It will not click the shop.
Upgrade payback
Aircraft payback estimate
Estimate how many job cycles it takes to earn back a Hangar purchase. You supply the price, the extra Cash you expect versus the plane you fly now, and how many minutes one job takes.
Payback cycles = upgrade cost ÷ extra profit per cycle, rounded up.
This estimate only divides the Cash price you type by the extra Cash and cycle time you type. Flight World does not publish one payback formula. Route, job level, passenger or cargo count, and the VIP pass all change the real result.
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