Timeline for Could a hybrid electric steam plane be more efficient at altitude than at sea-level, and how to optimise it to frigid air?
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| Jun 12, 2019 at 5:34 | comment | added | Therac | @tobe Turbine-powered airliners are extremely quiet, considering how powerful they are. An A380 feeds on up to 200 MW of power - 1,800 times more than that old plane. You could make a steam Piper and even build a steam-powered Tu-95, but it won't be quieter than modern airliners. | |
| Jun 11, 2019 at 20:59 | comment | added | Tobe | Also the Besler plane was running on a cheap and low flamabiliiy oil. The plane was very quiet. | |
| Jun 11, 2019 at 19:29 | comment | added | Tobe | I've edited it to just be a high altitude plane, not airliner, and added some links that claim the Besler plane had a condenser. | |
| Jun 11, 2019 at 18:33 | history | edited | Therac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 11, 2019 at 18:21 | history | answered | Therac | CC BY-SA 4.0 |