Originally Posted by Tartan Giant
I know of an instance when running on two, a BEAR (Russian LRMP aircraft) arrived on scene and it outran the Nimrod, whilst the other two engines were lit to give chase!
I cannot vouch what the current version of the Nimrod does to conserve fuel in loiter situations.
TG
Good info, thanks TG.
The Bear is no slouch though - the Tu114 airliner which was derived from it still holds the fastest propeller airliner record at 500+ mph. Both have 4 of the mighty Kuznetsov NK12 turboprop engines, 15,000hp each
