Consider an airplane with mass 70 000 kg, cross sectional area 12 m 2 , and drag

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Consider an airplane with mass 70 000 kg, cross sectional area 12 m2, and drag coefficient 0.03. Estimate the energy needed to get the plane moving at 800 km/h and lift the plane to 10000 m, and estimate air-resistance losses for a flight of 2000 km using the formula in the previous problem. Do a rough comparison of the energy used per person to do a similar trip in an automobile, assuming that the plane carries 50 passengers and the automobile carries two people.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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