/**
 * Sets the new speed for an aircraft
 * @param v The vehicle for which the speed should be obtained
 * @param speed_limit The maximum speed the vehicle may have.
 * @param hard_limit If true, the limit is directly enforced, otherwise the plane is slowed down gradually
 * @return The number of position updates needed within the tick
 */
static int UpdateAircraftSpeed(Aircraft *v, uint speed_limit = SPEED_LIMIT_NONE, bool hard_limit = true)
{
	/**
	 * 'acceleration' has the unit 3/8 mph/tick. This function is called twice per tick.
	 * So the speed amount we need to accelerate is:
	 *     acceleration * 3 / 16 mph = acceleration * 3 / 16 * 16 / 10 km-ish/h
	 *                               = acceleration * 3 / 10 * 256 * (km-ish/h / 256)
	 *                               ~ acceleration * 77 (km-ish/h / 256)
	 */
	uint spd = v->acceleration * 77;
	byte t;

	/* Adjust speed limits by plane speed factor to prevent taxiing
	 * and take-off speeds being too low. */
	speed_limit *= _settings_game.vehicle.plane_speed;

	/* adjust speed for broken vehicles */
	if (v->vehstatus & VS_AIRCRAFT_BROKEN) {
		speed_limit = min(speed_limit, SPEED_LIMIT_BROKEN);
		hard_limit = false;
	}

	if (v->vcache.cached_max_speed < speed_limit) {
		if (v->cur_speed < speed_limit) hard_limit = false;
		speed_limit = v->vcache.cached_max_speed;
	}

	v->subspeed = (t = v->subspeed) + (byte)spd;

	/* Aircraft's current speed is used twice so that very fast planes are
	 * forced to slow down rapidly in the short distance needed. The magic
	 * value 16384 was determined to give similar results to the old speed/48
	 * method at slower speeds. This also results in less reduction at slow
	 * speeds to that aircraft do not get to taxi speed straight after
	 * touchdown. */
	if (!hard_limit && v->cur_speed > speed_limit) {
		speed_limit = v->cur_speed - max(1, ((v->cur_speed * v->cur_speed) / 16384) / _settings_game.vehicle.plane_speed);
	}

	spd = min(v->cur_speed + (spd >> 8) + (v->subspeed < t), speed_limit);


	/* updates statusbar only if speed have changed to save CPU time */
	if (spd != v->cur_speed) {
		v->cur_speed = spd;
		SetWindowWidgetDirty(WC_VEHICLE_VIEW, v->index, WID_VV_START_STOP);
	}

	/* Adjust distance moved by plane speed setting */
	if (_settings_game.vehicle.plane_speed > 1) spd /= _settings_game.vehicle.plane_speed;

	/* Convert direction-independent speed into direction-dependent speed. (old movement method) */
	spd = v->GetOldAdvanceSpeed(spd);

	spd += v->progress;
	v->progress = (byte)spd;
	return spd >> 8;
}