If cars lose significant power at high altitudes, how are ICE-powered planes overcoming this challenge?
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Your car requires oxygen to combust. The higher you are , the less air is entering your system, which in turn is less oxygen mixed with your fuel to actually combust.
Where as for planes, their engines actually prefer thinner colder air. This also requires them to fly faster, to keep the same air intake they would experience at lower altitudes.
This is also achievable because the air is less dense, so less drag.
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