PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Sr-71
Thread: Sr-71
View Single Post
Old 20th October 2005 | 02:13
  #7 (permalink)  
barit1
20 Anniversary
 
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 4,581
Likes: 0
From: flyover country USA
...as you went though M?, the fuel flows just wound right down to next to nothing.
18-Wheeler may have the answer in his FM, and I think it's that the FF indicator only shows core engine usage - not the afterburner.

As I said, at high Mach the engine rolls back near idle for temperature protection.
barit1 is offline