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Originally Posted by dcb
You are advocating convenience over efficiency here, and the larger scale of a commuter plane means greater losses to avoid something as routine as refuelling a car.
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But I don't think anyone is talking about commuter planes, they are talking about self-launching sailplanes & light sport airplane. Stuff you fly for fun, and expect to pay for that fun.
I don't know if you've ever flown either sailplanes or small planes, but with either you often fly from small fields where there's no fuel, so either you have to shlep in a bunch of 5-gallon cans, or fly to a larger airport whenever you need gas. With sailplanes, you've got the additional problems of waiting & paying for tows, which is both an expense and a waste of time if you have one towplane and several people wanting to launch.