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minus-squareButler@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI learned from experience that vehicles lose torque the higher the elevation due to the thinning of oxygen. I think it was something like 30% per kilometer in elevation. That being said I’m sure there’s a level where they can’t drive anymore.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoWhich begs the question; how do jets fly higher than the mountain tops? edit = jet engines have compressors to overcome the difficulty. Car engines don’t I should learn to search first.
minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agogood for you, learning something that quickly at this rate, you’ll be the one to figure out how to solve this problem for helicopters
I learned from experience that vehicles lose torque the higher the elevation due to the thinning of oxygen. I think it was something like 30% per kilometer in elevation. That being said I’m sure there’s a level where they can’t drive anymore.
Which begs the question; how do jets fly higher than the mountain tops?
edit = jet engines have compressors to overcome the difficulty. Car engines don’t
I should learn to search first.
good for you, learning something that quickly
at this rate, you’ll be the one to figure out how to solve this problem for helicopters