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Re:Rolls-Royce concludes testing of plane technology to brea... by TylerE on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @04:10PM (#24632369)
Even on a tiny little Cessna fuel is 1/8th of the weight, and fuel burn per hour in cruise is approx. 50lbs/hr.
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Re:Rolls-Royce concludes testing of plane technology to brea... by dredmorbius on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @12:49PM (#24640778)
And again with my Camry example, assuming 60 mph and 39 mpg, that's about 9 lb/hr fuel consumption.

The Cesna has a 140 mph cruise, a bit over double that of the Camry on highway, but that still means 20 lb at equivalent distance for the car, less than half the light plane.

Aircraft are fuel burners.

(Agreeing, just giving land-travel equivalent.)

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