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Even that is only a fair comparison when comparing specific routes, as an airliner has the significant penalty of having to carry aloft its own fuel, and theref
by closewith 4y ago
Even that is only a fair comparison when comparing specific routes, as an airliner has the significant penalty of having to carry aloft its own fuel, and therefore becomes less fuel efficient on longer routes.
- rektide 4y agoThis doesnt make sense. I divided range by fuel capacity. There's no longer range possible.
- closewith 4y agoRight, but the max range for an airliner is the distance at which its least fuel efficient, as it has to carry its max fuel load. Shorter routes will be much more efficient due to the lower fuel loading.