Timeline for What prevents a small plane like a Cessna or Piper from flying as high as a jet?
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| Jul 4, 2021 at 4:24 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | If an airplane can take off, lift will not limit the altitude it can reach until the Mach effects of the coffin corner kick in. It is really just power that limits the altitude of small planes. | |
| Jul 3, 2021 at 15:20 | vote | accept | Boeing787 | ||
| Jul 2, 2021 at 15:50 | vote | accept | Boeing787 | ||
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| Jul 1, 2021 at 10:13 | comment | added | Koyovis | @CGCampbell "Power and lift on an aeroplane both decrease with increasing altitude" is the answer. | |
| Jun 30, 2021 at 7:49 | history | edited | Koyovis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 29, 2021 at 19:35 | vote | accept | Boeing787 | ||
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| Jun 29, 2021 at 16:29 | comment | added | llama | The Ta 152H had a service ceiling of 49k ft (with nitrous boost), if you want an even more extreme example | |
| Jun 29, 2021 at 14:53 | vote | accept | Boeing787 | ||
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| Jun 29, 2021 at 10:32 | history | edited | Koyovis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 29, 2021 at 9:25 | comment | added | CGCampbell | Not going to downvote a relatively interesting answer, however, I feel I must point out that this doesn't really answer the question. It's not what is the ceiling, it's what creates the ceiling. You start to intimate an answer with "due to compressing the thin intake air at altitude" but don't go into detail. | |
| Jun 29, 2021 at 5:33 | history | answered | Koyovis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |