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Originally Posted by redpoint5
That would be perfect. It provides redundancy too so if there's an issue with the currently installed battery, you can swap it out relatively quickly.
One question I've always had is why prop planes don't have shrouds? As I understand it, shrouds increase efficiency.
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*On a turbine engine,the air-gap between the blade tip and shroud has a lot to do with static pressure thrust potential.Less leakage the better.
*On a multi-engine prop plane,in the case of a powerplant failure,the shroud would act as an un-featherable prop,with extreme aerodynamic stability issues,due to asymmetrical drag loading of the dead-engine's extra frontal area.There's no way you could feather it.Thrust-vectoring and full-lock rudder authority might not be enough for cross-control.
*On a single engine shrouded prop plane,loss of power might kill your glide radius,move the center of pressure so far forward that a pilot couldn't control the plane,especially crabbing in a one-shot crosswind emergency landing.
