On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:20:12 +0800, Franklin wrote:

On Tue 18 Nov08 11:04, Payton Byrd
wrote in
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:51:53 +0800, Franklin wrote:

I have no idea who you're trying to impress here, but you
unfortunately picked the wrong guy :-) The purpose of my work with
the Turkey was related to EM :-))

You asked a question. I thought I could answer it. I got it wrong
but I'd like another go!

You don't give altitude so I will assume it. You made me
re-examine where I went wrong with Ps. And look up some F-14 specs.
Specific excess power Ps is delta energy with delta time.
Accounting for induced drag which the question focuses on then
(assumming weight is approx 55 klbs) at that state I say you would
get acceleration.

Going over the various possibilities it seemed (not entirely sure)
that greater thrust should encounter even greater drag and so
airspeed could fall. Am I getting closer?

Unless energy management systems have been rewritten.

Heh! Sorry if I wasn't clear.

When I wrote "encounter even greater drag" I wan't referring to the
increase in drag as the F-14 accelerated.

I was saying that it the increase in drag for this motion could be
greater than the increase in thrust which caused the motion. IYSWIM.

My bad, I was agreeing (in broad principle, Frank).
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