Timeline for Can an aircraft use ram air to generate power while flying?
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| Feb 8, 2023 at 10:23 | comment | added | Dmitry Khalatov | @MikeB it eliminates minor mechanical losses and introduces major aerodynamic ones. You can do a simple test - put electrical motor with propeller against the same-size propeller that can spin freely. Then measure the rotation speed of both - the difference will tell you how much energy is lost in transmission of the power. | |
| Feb 8, 2023 at 9:54 | comment | added | MikeB | Some citations etc needed here - there is plenty of reason to think that a well-designed RAT could be slightly more efficient than an engine-driven generator, since it eliminates mechanical losses. | |
| Feb 6, 2023 at 9:49 | comment | added | Federico | Welcome to aviation.SE. I fail to see how your answer is adding anything that was not said in the other answers already. Would you mind expanding it? | |
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| S Feb 6, 2023 at 9:47 | history | answered | Dmitry Khalatov | CC BY-SA 4.0 |