basils27 wrote:
If you use the cylinder without getting into the sector you get a 1km
ditance penalty for each TP which is more than the distance you save by
using the cylinder.

Can't resist nitpicking: If we are talking 0.5 km radius you can,
in theory, save more than 1 km by using the cylinder.

The difference is really really small though.

And it doesn't apply to OR. There you can save 1 km at the most.
CV