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Old September 19th 04, 06:47 PM
Darrell S
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Nele VII wrote:
I know that some fighter jets have somewhat like WEP (war emergency
power).

MiG-21Bis/R-25 -13,000lb dry/15650 AFB/19-20,000 "Chrezvychayniy
Regime" (WEP)
Kfir C2/J79 -"Combat Plus"
F16/J79 Prototype- "Combat Plus"
F-8 Crusader "Waweoff power"

Now, I know for a MiG. Any other airplanes/engines that can be
"overrevv'd"?

The B-58 Hustler used 100% as Military Power, plus variable afterburners on
all 4 engines which had computer activated overspeed under certain
conditions. The pilot could also manually lift the throttles over a detent
and select overspeed himself.
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Darrell R. Schmidt
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