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Old 01-21-2016, 10:24 PM
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JohnBurke
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes View Post
Looking at the population centers of the world, I'm pretty sure that most people DO live within 1000' of sea level.

I think the bigger issue is that the cost-to-benefit doesn't make sense after a while, otherwise the fuselage needs to be incredibly strong, which adds weight and decreases payload, so there's a point at which the returns are marginal, which is what I think you were trying to say.
The world's average elevation is 2,700.'
Average elevations by country...
USA: 2,500'
China: 6,000'
India: 525'
Russia: 2,000'
South Africa: 3,400'
Indonesia: 1,200'
Brazil: 1,000'
Pakistan: 3,000'
Nigeria: 1,200'
Mexico: 3,600'
Japan: 1,400'
Phillipines: 1,400'
Ethiopia: 4,300'

That's over 58% of the world population by country living at an average of 2,400 as established by word population by country, and average elevation of those countries.

I didn't try to say anything. I said it.
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