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Old 29th Apr 2002, 13:25
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Thumbs down Water Injection

TwinNDB,

Believe me, you don't want to mess with it! The system installed on the B-52 G-model seemed to fail when you needed it the most. It provided augmented thrust for about two minutes during heavyweight, high temperature/PA takeoffs. It was supposed to be enough to takeoff and get the flaps up at 2000 feet AGL. There were lots of instances where the system failed and flooded the engine and flamed it out. I'm glad never to use the system again. Fly safe.

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