I recently went back to work on an Electric engine for some new planes i've been planning on building so i asked myself:
"How much fuel should an airliner burn for a Wright to Yeager flight to be realistic to the real world fuel consumption of modern jets?"
So i did some research.
The average fuel consumtion according to google was around 12L per km;
The distance i measured between Yeager and Wright was around 63km
so the answer to the previous question is 750L.
But what if you can make a realistic airliner that burns much less fuel for that same trip?
Would you take the challenge?
@SilverStar well, sure but as you reduce the input value the engines usually make less noise making them less realistic. Guess we could say i'm asking "How little fuel can a plane burn with near stock engines?"
About the comparison, before posting i did test 3 airliners (about 737, 757 size) and i actually got very different results.
One of them was my own PA 45-2 (modified to carry less fuel in order to get and accurate conversion from percentage to Liters) and it burned 1300L, then a random A320 that burned 900L and a fictional airliner i downloaded that due to more realistic sound generators burned a whopping 7000L.
I guess speed was also a factor, for example the A320 burned less than the PA 45 but it flew at 320km/h compared to 540km/h of the PA.
Sure it's not really the test you're proposing, just thought it was a fun experiment to share that shows How much consumption can vary.
I mean, with SP you can cheat, you can make engines with little consumption (reduced input) but with tons of power which will still make the aircraft fly.
What would be interesting though, is to calculate the consumption per passenger of a such flight with a standard airliner, and do the same with a regional turboprop aircraft, and compare...
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