How old are you?
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17, 18 in April.
"You wanna get out of the way? We're trying to land here..." - Hot Shots
Guess I'm a "Legacy" Engine Guy....
Water injection anyone?
Keep 'em flyin'
TEG
Water injection anyone?
Keep 'em flyin'
TEG
[Airplanes are] near perfect, all they lack is the ability to forgive.
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That_Engine_Guy wrote:Guess I'm a "Legacy" Engine Guy....
Water injection anyone?
Keep 'em flyin'
TEG
Sure, Harrier, 747, Spitfire, Shackleton, 707, BAC1-11, Gulfstream, F-27, F-227,748, Metro 3, Martin 404.
And the latest incarnation, a NASA project on a 747-400 with PW4062 engines which was looking at cutting down NOX during takeoff.
Of course things that were old can be new again. We just have to be old enough to remember them.
When the water or even better water meth, with or without "fish oil" gets screwed up the results can be interesting. A BAC1-11 got water meth instead of water into the injection system - lots of extra power and cooked blades.
When the water meth barrel gets filled with a witches brew of fuel, meth, water solvents and paint thinners, and it then gets put into a Dart the extra power waters the eyes of the torque meter.
Not to mention a squadron of Harriers with sea water rather than demineralized water in the system.
This is probably the one system that has had more oh sh*t issues than any other.
I prefer this form of water injection
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I'm 16, Will be 17 by January 2010.
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Yasir Bhojani
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I don't think I ever posted on this here thread.
I'm old enough for lotto tickets in my state, old enough to gamble in the state to the North, but not old enough to get wasted... ....yet I'm just over 19 1/2
I'm old enough for lotto tickets in my state, old enough to gamble in the state to the North, but not old enough to get wasted... ....yet I'm just over 19 1/2
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johnwill at 70 you're a good man! Are you still in the "Game"? I'm 46 with 24.5 years on the Viper (took a three year hiatus) and 6 months on the Raptor! Turned my first "Wrench" on the Viper in '82!! Joined the USAF in '81 and retired in '01! johnwill, Happy Birthday, this Bud's for you!!!:cheers:
27 years wrenching on F-16's, Blk 5's thru 52's. 4 years wrenching on F-22's, 431X1
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