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PostPosted: Jan 23, 2012 - 02:30 AM Reply with quote Back to top
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sprstdlyscottsmn wrote:
f118s have less thrust

edit: double checked numbers, used wrong specs for TF33 in above post. But the re-engineing should drop the engines to 4 or 2 for maintenance


TF-33: 17,000lbs
F118: 19,000lbs and almost certainly better than the TF-33 at higher altitudes.

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like I said, I double checked and was using the wrong numbers

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