I remember dad pointing that out when I was a kid, the water injection on take-off. It led to my "experimentation" of igniting diesel or kero and spraying a little water on the fire. (early pyromanic?)
For some reason I made a young connection that THAT was the reason water in fuel was a bad thing. > From: "wilton strickland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:29:54 -0500 > To: "mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: [MBZ] Knock on wood - 300D/Water injection > > KC-135A's and all B-52's prior to H's (all with J-57 engines) used water > injection for about 2 min on takeoff for significant increase in thrust. > KC-135's now have been retrofitted with much newer, much more powerful, > airline surplus, turbofan engines - don't think they use water injection any > more. B-52H's (only ones still in service) have always had TF-33 turbofan > engines and have never used water injection. > > Wilton > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
