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I think the point is that combustion engines require the thicker atmosphere to oxidize the fuel in combustion. The electric planes just need inertial reaction,
by creatornator 7y ago
I think the point is that combustion engines require the thicker atmosphere to oxidize the fuel in combustion. The electric planes just need inertial reaction, they don't need oxygen.
- nradov 7y agoNo that's not how it works. Turbine engines can and have been designed to run fine at very high altitudes (>100000ft). So electric propulsion holds no particular advantage there.