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Re:Electrified wingsuit from BMW reaches 186MPH on first flight by sudosysgen on Sunday November 15, 2020 @05:08PM (#25105385)
Isn't the efficiency of jet turbines, even microjets, wildly dependent on velocity? I don't know how you can calculate an efficiency without qualification.
Re:Electrified wingsuit from BMW reaches 186MPH on first flight by Robotbeat on Sunday November 15, 2020 @11:55PM (#25108176)
I used figures from a hobby turboprop which gives mechanical power output in kilowatts (or horsepower, if you prefer) and it’s basically independent of velocity.
Re:Electrified wingsuit from BMW reaches 186MPH on first flight by sudosysgen on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:44PM (#25117340)
Well yes, that's a turboprop. But fossil fuel wingsuits don't use turboprops, they use turbojets, whose efficiency very much depends on speed, which in practice means that they are most efficient right before their peak mach, up to around mach 2.