Originally Posted by
Sciolistes
A rather unnerving 700kgs diversion fuel where the CEO would be more like 1,100 or 1,200!
First time that was calculated, did you do it all over again in disbelief?! 700kg sounds like only 3 bathtubs worth...
Originally Posted by
Sciolistes
Overpowered taxi on single pack too. If your SOP is single pack on the ground, then you'll probably be putting both on to reduce that residual rocket thrust and avoid the otherwise constant braking
That's quite intersting. I wonder if that's a characteristic of GTFs in general, or something specific about what P&W have done. I'll have to ponder that. I wonder how that'd scale if RR did a large 90klbs GTF?