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Yes, planes for ages jettisoned any fuel before landing because of the weight. Keeping the landing weight down to a minimum does wonders for the airframe desig
by newnewpdro 7y ago
Yes, planes for ages jettisoned any fuel before landing because of the weight. Keeping the landing weight down to a minimum does wonders for the airframe design.
Nowadays they just do a better job of loading only the fuel necessary, and circle pointlessly to burn excess fuel before landing. It's still an issue, they just don't dump the fuel on the neighborhood below like they used to.
- Johnny555 7y agoI was thinking more about helping with the energy density issue, by discarding the discharged, yet just as heavy as when charged, batteries after reaching the energy intensive climb to cruising altitude.