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Interestingly, the opening paragraph of the wikipedia article contradicts this: > The TaxiBot eliminates the use of airplane engines during taxi-in and until i
by willvarfar 10y ago
Interestingly, the opening paragraph of the wikipedia article contradicts this:
> The TaxiBot eliminates the use of airplane engines during taxi-in and until immediately prior to take-off during taxi-out, significantly reducing aircraft fuel usage and the risk of foreign object damage.[1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaxiBot#cite_note-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaxiBot#cite_note-1
So which is it?
- DocTomoe 10y agoThis "Taxibot" seems to be designed mostly on the tarmac where engines are idling to keep the APU happy and reach operational temperature, a place where FOD is often caused by humans, not machines - it's not meant for operations to the runway, where engines usually are at full capacity and humans are absent. Most likely, in this different scenario, there actually is a FOD Advantage.