Originally Posted by lomapaseo
Thanks for resizing the pic
No problem
Originally Posted by lomapaseo
The flame you see is the afterburner lit (behind the engine turbine) and is typical for an afterburning engine at high power.
I'm pretty sure this it is not an afterburner flame because firstly it is too deep within the bypass duct, i.e upstream of the spraybars. Secondly for a carrier launch (particularly this far down the bow), either the engines are at military thrust or maximum afterburner. In either case due to the possibility of a flameout/stall the afterburner igniters would be energised and visible. Thirdly when set to low/minimum afterburner it is the central circular V gutter channel that is lit as well as the igniters as in the following picture:
High Res version here:
http://www.news.navy.mil/management/...-2838C-003.jpg
The following is another picture in which the turbine flame is visible (just barely) possibily due to the brighter ambient light condition:
High Res image here:
http://www.news.navy.mil/management/...-6854D-001.jpg
Obi