User blog comment:Ninthsense/Correlation between Bauxite Losses and Slot sizes/@comment-1820055-20140716182542/@comment-90.201.165.136-20140719161355

I'll add that it can increase the bauxite consumed   if repeating nodes. This is because planes are lost as percentages and this percentage amounts to less with planes already lost. For example, at 3-2-A using primarily torpedo bombers I found myself to lose ~35 bauxite if re-supplying after 1 run or ~25 if  re-supplying after 4. In the long run this saves a lot of bauxite.