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arijunyesterday at 5:03 PM2 repliesview on HN

> you're carrying all that dead weight for the rest of the flight

If you're recharging the batteries for extra go-arounds during landing, they are as dead weight as the fuel you would otherwise reserve for that purpose. And if you have 30% more efficient engines, meaning less fuel and smaller engines, it's possible you could come out ahead, weight-wise.

> what if you need two go-arounds

I assume that a go-around requires less sustained power output than a full climb from takeoff, so you will probably get more than one go-around anyway, and we don't know how much over-capacity they're designing for. In any case, any design will require tradeoffs in safety, and having more engine-out capabilities might improve safety enough to overcome the higher risk with go-arounds.

Not saying this project is will work out or that you're even wrong necessarily (this could be the equivalent of a concept car for Pratt & Whitney).


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vablingsyesterday at 5:31 PM

Due to various penalties, wind resistance. gear down and aircraft configuration. A go-around consumes a huge amount of fuel, not as much as climbing to cruise but its alot

dmitrygryesterday at 5:16 PM

> I assume that a go-around requires less sustained power output than a full climb from takeoff,

No.

Source 1: PE = mgh

Source 2: am pilot

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