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Planes have varying speeds, ranges, weights, and sizes. They come in three basic types depending on what they carry:. P - Passenger. Can only carry passengers.
C - Cargo. Can only carry cargo. M - Passenger & Cargo.
The casual airline sim is a decent download for your iPhone or iPad, even if it never reaches the heights of Tiny Tower. In Pocket Planes, you're in.
Can carry both, though not interchangeably. If the capacity is one passenger and one cargo, you can't carry an extra passenger in place of cargo, or vice versa.There are also different classes of planes that correspond to airport classes. A plane may fly to any airport. A plane cannot fly to a Class 1 airport. A plane can only fly to Class 3 airports. The higher class planes become available as the player levels up.Acquiring New Planes In order to add a plane to your fleet you must have an additional plane slot available.
If you do not have an empty slot you can either purchase one with coins, or take one of your other planes out of service (putting it in the ).Planes can be added to your fleet by either purchasing them using in the, or building them with parts you've found or purchased.Building Planes Each plane is made up of 3 parts - body, engine, and controls. You can purchase, earn, or find these parts separately and build a plane for less bux than it would cost to buy it whole.Whenever you open a new airport, you will 'find' one part.Parts can be won as prizes in. Parts can be purchased in the. The market will rarely have more than one or two parts for a given plane at any time, and the stock in the market rotates frequently, so don't wait to grab that part you need.Once all the parts have been acquired, you must also pay to build the plane. The cost is equal to the price of one of the parts.
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(So if each part cost 3 bux, the charge to build the plane will be 3 bux, for a total overall cost of 12 bux).As with purchasing a plane, you must have an empty plane slot available to build one. Slots can be purchased with coins or one of your active planes can be removed from service and put in the hangar.Upgrading Planes When a plane is in an airport, tap the airplane/magnifying glass icon to get to the screen with the 'upgrade' icon.Planes may be upgraded in any of 3 ways:.
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Fuel Tanks - Increases the range (distance) the plane can fly. Engine - Increases the plane's speed (lowering the amount of time it takes to get to its destinations). Carbon Fiber - Decreases the plane's weight, making it cost less coins to fly the plane.Upgrades are purchased 5% at a time (i.e. 5% increase to the plane's range). The second upgrade will say that it is a 10% upgrade, but this is not cumulative - this is 10% from the plane's original stats - not 10% plus 5% from the first upgrade.
Planes cannot be upgraded to increase passenger or cargo capacity.
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