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Forum: Military Aviation

19th Jan 2015, 18:23

Replies: 40

Jaguar!

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Posted By Vendee

I was also the GR3 and you are not wrong about...

I was also the GR3 and you are not wrong about the accel times. It wasn't just the speed of the thing, its was the severe vibration (with the nozzles aft) which meant that it was hard to read the RPM...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2015, 22:34

Replies: 40

Jaguar!

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Posted By Vendee

There wasn't much of a thrust gap between max dry...

There wasn't much of a thrust gap between max dry and min reheat but there was a big drop off in thrust below 97% NH. The PTR smoothed out that step. As for the French jet being less powerful, only...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2015, 15:57

Replies: 40

Jaguar!

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Posted By Vendee

The PTR on the Jag was a funny old thing. When...

The PTR on the Jag was a funny old thing. When selected, reheat would light at 86% NH but would stay lit until something like 80% on the way down.

As for the acceleration of the Adour, from memory...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2015, 10:46

Replies: 40

Jaguar!

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Posted By Vendee

Thanks for that LR. I've got it on the MB site...

Thanks for that LR. I've got it on the MB site now. I didn't go back far enough through the mark numbers to find it. I'm guessing that the French used that mark of seat through reasons of commonality...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Jan 2015, 09:19

Replies: 40

Jaguar!

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Posted By Vendee

One thing I'm curious about is the ejection seat....

One thing I'm curious about is the ejection seat. I know the RAF Jags had the mk9 Martin Baker but the french one in the clip clearly has a face blind handle. MB's website doesn't shed any light.

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