> It's too bad there isn't a way of recovering some of that energy when descending, similar to how electric cars recover energy when braking.
A descent is a pretty efficient conversion between potential energy (altitude) and kinetic energy (speed/horizontal distance) so you get it back. Your RPM difference between cruise and descent is a proxy for your recovered energy. An engine out glide/landing is the extreme demonstration of this.
A descent is a pretty efficient conversion between potential energy (altitude) and kinetic energy (speed/horizontal distance) so you get it back. Your RPM difference between cruise and descent is a proxy for your recovered energy. An engine out glide/landing is the extreme demonstration of this.