Thanks, Chris, I understand. It never ceases to amaze what I learn on this
List. We should start a JOAT credit program (jack of all trades).
Charlie
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 2:34 PM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> American pilots call it “mil” power, Charlie: it’s maximum power before
> you light the afterburner. The throttle quadrant is split into 3 or 4
> parts: HP cock off (engine shut down), idle to max dry (mil) and minimum to
> maximum afterburner or reheat. The Tornado has a 4th sector called Combat
> power.
>
> In the dry power section the conventional part of the jet engine functions
> with the efflux providing thrust. But there is plenty of oxygen in the
> efflux and that is used for afterburner (“after” meaning at the back rather
> than later) in which guttering in the efflux sprays fuel which is lit to
> provide quite a bit more thrust. Modern engines double the thrust with
> afterburner, but it uses much more fuel. The EJ200 in the Typhoon has a
> massive amount of dry thrust, capable of pushing the aircraft supersonic
> (“super cruise”).
>
> Chris
>
> On 25 Sep 2014, at 17:57, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > What does that term mean, Chris, under "dry power"? That is unfamiliar to
> > me.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:40 PM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> That’s a kind and comforting thought, Ian.
> >>
> >> I worked on the Eurofighter programme in the mid-90s and there were many
> >> challenges to making the platform a success. But after being shown
> around
> >> the machine (for the first time ever) by a young pilot, just out of the
> >> conversion unit, I’m convinced that it’s a smashing and highly effective
> >> multi-role fighter. It’s the first RAF fighter, that I know of, that
> can
> >> takeoff safely in dry power (“mil”). I watched them do so before
> climbing
> >> at very impressive angles.
> >>
> >> I saw one display at RIAT several years ago, but he very nearly died
> when
> >> he performed a low-speed gear down barrel roll at low level. Only the
> >> stupendous engines got him away from the ground safely.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> On 25 Sep 2014, at 16:54, Ian Nichols <ian.a.nichols@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> That's an interesting (and complimentary) variation on the old saw
> about
> >>> those who can, doing and those who can't, teaching. Just because you
> >> can't
> >>> do it anymore doesn't mean you never could, and the youngsters can
> learn
> >> a
> >>> lot from your experience.
> >>>
> >>> Saw one of those displaying at Southport last Saturday. Pretty
> >> impressive
> >>> for height-limited display (it was rather murky).
> >>
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