Will the F-18’s afterburner engage at a certain throttle or will there be a separate option to engage it at full throttle?
At Oshkosh, there wasn’t an option to toggle the burner, but that could have changed.
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Ok! Thanks for the help!
It was shared on discord that the after-burners will engage at a certain point in throttle.
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There is no afterburner detent for the f18. I was in VFA 105 The Gunslingers as a Mechanic and when we do an engine turn you push the throttle to military which is 100% and about 130% is zone 5 afterburner but you just push it forward. On the f14a they had afterburner detent which was a button you click to switch through all 5 zones of afterburner.
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Just curious, once mil power was reached would compressor RPM increase beyond 100% or just modulation of the burners for the extra power?
There is no button for burners. It’s a weird motion you have to do. But for the after burner in IF it’s 90 percent and above on the stick
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