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Old 16th Mar 2023, 18:16
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Originally Posted by Sailvi767
Fuel will snuff out a turbine engine or even cause it to explode. Ask any old A4 drivers what happens when a burst of fuel goes down the intake. I have no idea what you mean by visual marker as the fuel will dissipate in a few seconds and the drone is moving.
There was provision, many years ago, for tankers to dump a squirt of fuel to aid visual acquisition by receivers during silent procedures. I'm probably wrong, but I just wondered if something similar may have been going on here with a squirt of fuel drawing eyes to the right part of the sky.
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