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So the gains become marginal at safe altitude making the technology redundant?
http://personal.mecheng.adelaide.edu.au/maziar.arjomandi/Aeronautical%20Engineering%20Projects/2007/Group%2012.pdf
'Zone 3 is between a height of 1 chord length and 10 wing spans and
is dominated by SDGE resulting in a marginal increase in efficiency compared to
OGE flight.' (page 18)
(Not to mention stall rate)