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Old 17th May 2004, 11:12
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Seat1APlease
 
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The trident 2 used to use water glycol injected into the engine on take off to increase TOW.

Unfortunately the permitted increase was marginal compared to the technical costs of maintaining the system.

I recall there were several accidents due to finger trouble such as this one:-
http://www.super70s.com/Super70s/Tec...6(PanIntl).asp
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