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MIT already has aircraft designs that use 50% less fuel per seat-mile. If more of the plane is empty there is higher incentive to reduce seat mile cost especial
by kashkhan 4y ago
MIT already has aircraft designs that use 50% less fuel per seat-mile. If more of the plane is empty there is higher incentive to reduce seat mile cost especially if average seat mile revenue is lower.
- ars 4y agoCan you show me a ref to this design? (And yes, I tried to find it myself.) I suspect it doesn't actually work for the simple reason that fuel is the number 1 expense of airlines, and a 50% reduction would be utterly enormous for them - if such a thing existed it would be in extremely high demand.
- kashkhan 4y agohttps://inhabitat.com/mit-team-unveils-airplane-that-uses-70-percent-less-fuel/ https://inhabitat.com/mit-team-unveils-airplane-that-uses-70... https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20100042401/downloads/20100042401.pdf https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20100042401/downloads/20...