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Answer by curious_cat for When does the use of afterburners save fuel?
If such a pair of states does exist it ought to be straddling a Mach boundary (I think)e.g. A subsonic & B trans-sonic. Or A trans-sonic & B supersonic etc. Reasoning: To get from any point A...
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Virtually never in most aircraft. Afterburners usually increase fuel consumption by a factor of between five and ten from maximum non-afterburning throttle ("full military power"), while the speed...
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An afterburner uses a lot more fuel for a little more thrust (rule of thumb: 50% more thrust for 5 times the fuel flow with full dry power). Is a flight maneuver possible where using the afterburner...
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