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by heavenlyblue 44 days ago
Is there a curve for how much an efficiency gain translate in max distance?
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From https://web.mit.edu/16.unified/www/FALL/thermodynamics/notes...

All other things equal, range varies proportionately with efficiency. Ie, if you have 500km range at 50% overall efficiency, then at 65% overall efficiency, you have 650km range.