F/A-22 Afterburner


Message posted by Jim Bob on August 19, 2003 at 15:39:05 PST:

When I started reading posts I was leaning to the side saying there is no afterburner in the F/A-22. I decided, however, that just a little research was in order. I pulled out my pile of World Air Power Journals and found Volume 38 from Autumn/Fall 1999. It contained the info to satisfy me. Page 76 has a section on performance. The third paragraph reads:

The F-22 is very nearly as fast with afterburner as without. The augmentors will be used mainly for acceleration, and supersonic manoerving. Metz (Lockheed_Martin test pilot) believes that the "afterburner will generally not be required." and that when it is used it will be in bursts of seconds and tens of seconds at the outside."


In Reply to: Raptor's ?? posted by Thud on August 19, 2003 at 12:46:11 PST:

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