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Re:FAA Authorizes Zipline to Deliver Commercial Packages Usi... by cma on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @02:39AM (#37581108)
If Prius was adapted to run optimally on extremely high octane leaded fuel what could it get?
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Re:FAA Authorizes Zipline to Deliver Commercial Packages Usi... by baq on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @02:53AM (#37581181)
The Prius doesn’t fly, so let’s not repeat the leaded fuel mistake.
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Re:FAA Authorizes Zipline to Deliver Commercial Packages Usi... by bombcar on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @09:16AM (#37583740)
High octane does NOT increase total available power, in fact it reduces it.

It enables higher compression so you can get more power per unit of engine weight, but the fuel efficiency per gallon is lower.

And the lead is for the valves.

You can get more efficient planes but you can’t overcome the need to fight gravity at some point.

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Re:FAA Authorizes Zipline to Deliver Commercial Packages Usi... by cma on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @05:20PM (#37665964)
I thought higher octane improved efficiency by avoiding premature combustion, but that may have only been relevant before electronic fuel injection.
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