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I never heard the term "hypermiling" until this article. Did anyone else find it term cryptic and misleading? I envisioned windmilling the engines by setting th
by coin 16y ago
I never heard the term "hypermiling" until this article. Did anyone else find it term cryptic and misleading? I envisioned windmilling the engines by setting them to idle or something alike.
- yumraj 16y ago"hypermilling" comes from hybrid car enthusiasts who try to max out mileage from their hybrid cars, most commonly Prius. Now it is used for all sorts of cars. Look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermiling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermiling for more info. In fact per the above Wiki article, "In 2008, the word hypermiling was selected as the best new word of the year by New Oxford American Dictionary."
- coin 16y agoLooking at the Word of the Year finalists (http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/11/news/economy/wordof_year/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/11/news/economy/wordof_year/ind...), they are sort of lame - Frugalista, Moofer, Topless meeting. Definitely questions the credibility of New Oxford American Dictionary.
- dinedal 16y agoEvery occupation has it's jargon.
- lotharbot 16y agoI'm familiar with the term, but I'm used to it being used to describe really extreme improvements in mileage (like, getting 60mpg in a car rated at 27.) In this case, they saved 1400 gallons on a round-trip transatlantic flight -- out of about 40,000 that would normally be burned on such a flight. 3% fuel savings is a big deal, but I wouldn't call it "hypermiling".
- bbatsell 16y agoI've always interpreted hypermiling as "optimizing fuel usage to the furthest extent possible". Considering the #1 priority in designing airliners is aerodynamic efficiency/fuel usage/CASM, an ~8% decrease in fuel usage is absolutely nothing to sneeze at.
- evgen 16y agoTo put this another way, if Boeing could refine this technique and make it an approved operating mode for the 777 they would probably be able to book enough additional orders to add a billion dollars or two to the bottom line. The same could probably be said of any airline that could apply these techniques to all of its planes/routes. For an airline, improving fuel efficiency is the quickest route to increased profits.
- ianferrel 16y agoEven without prior reference, it's a combination of a commonly used greek root "hyper", for "over, in excess, or more" with the word "mile". Its meaning can reasonably be derived from that.
- cadr 16y agoI read it as "hypermilling", and I thought United was trying to mill a 777. Out of what, I wasn't sure. :)
- ars 16y agoWood of course. They are breeding giant mutant trees.