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F=MA^2 Going faster just simply requires more fuel, and fuel is a precious and limited resource. There are some optimizations we could make to aircraft design
by hx8 2y ago
F=MA^2
Going faster just simply requires more fuel, and fuel is a precious and limited resource. There are some optimizations we could make to aircraft design to improve fuel economy, but we've already done most of the optimizations given our constraints of safety standards and the general goal of comfortably transporting humans.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoYou might want to recheck your equation here... The rest of your post is pretty accurate, except for the goal of comfortably transporting humans. That "comfortably" is suffering the death of a thousand cuts.
- hx8 2y agoHa, yeah it's f=ma not f=ma^2. The main point is that going faster requires more energy, and this is the primary limiting function of air transport speed.
- alright2565 2y agoa=0 at cruise. you're thinking of the drag equation, where force is proportional to velocity squared.