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Isn’t taxi-takeoff-landing what consumes the most energy? It’s often 10% to 25% of the total flight consumption for supersonic planes like the Concorde (but not
by laurent92 5y ago
Isn’t taxi-takeoff-landing what consumes the most energy? It’s often 10% to 25% of the total flight consumption for supersonic planes like the Concorde (but not for the SR-71, since they refueled in-flight to fill the rest with inert gas https://theaviationgeekclub.com/former-sr-71-driver-explains-why-the-blackbird-had-to-refuel-after-takeoff/ https://theaviationgeekclub.com/former-sr-71-driver-explains... ), and still a lot for the other planes.
- OJFord 5y agoBased on your percentages then, I think you mean most per unit time? So then, given three weeks far exceeds normal flight time (by more than 1/25%)...