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> If we assume the plane's range is linearly related to it's stored fuel it's not btw: http://web.mit.edu/16.unified/www/FALL/thermodynamics/notes/node98.html
by nether 12y ago
> If we assume the plane's range is linearly related to it's stored fuel
it's not btw: http://web.mit.edu/16.unified/www/FALL/thermodynamics/notes/node98.html http://web.mit.edu/16.unified/www/FALL/thermodynamics/notes/...
- mikeash 12y agoAh, but it is if you're running on batteries! Unlike fuel tanks, batteries don't get lighter (at least, not measurably; e=mc^2 tells us that there will be a little change) as you drain them.