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- From: forrepr@eng.auburn.edu (Philip R. Forrest)
- Subject: Re: Answer to 104%/109% Thrust Quest.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.175804.29085@news.duc.auburn.edu>
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- Organization: Auburn University Engineering
- References: <4032@phred.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:58:04 GMT
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- In article 4032@phred.UUCP, petej@phred.UUCP (Peter Jarvis) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov12.231120.4271@news.duc.auburn.edu> forrepr@eng.auburn.edu writes:
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- >>Here's another trivium...Why do Shuttle Flight Rules state
- >>that an engine may be throttled to 109% ONLY if the other
- >>two engines are down ?
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- >For obvious reasons. The only engine left would need max thrust to get
- >at least an AOA or TAL abort.
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- >Peter Jarvis..........
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- I see now why I'm not a linguist. What I meant with the above question
- is why aren't all three SSMEs throttled to 109% nominally ??
- i.e. - off the pad and through MECO (with the exception of Max Q throttle-down)
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- Phil Forrest - Ascent FDO wanna be
- Auburn University Mechanical Engineering
- Auburn, AL
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