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There's optimal operating parameters for all kinds of machinery. All sorts of aircraft are sub-optimal when flown in low altitudes and vice versa for other kind
by CMCDragonkai 3y ago
There's optimal operating parameters for all kinds of machinery. All sorts of aircraft are sub-optimal when flown in low altitudes and vice versa for other kinds of aircraft. If you buy a Ferrari to just slow cruise around a European city, then you're just driving a very loud float.
Source: experience.
- Dalewyn 3y agoCar engines are a marvel of engineering, they're designed to operate at practically arbitrary workloads under practically arbitrary conditions in varying states of disrepair and perform reasonably well in all of them. This is in stark contrast to something like the engines on an airplane, which are designed to operate optimally at cruising speed and altitude and just be "eh, good enough" everywhere else.