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Old 8th Oct 2010, 12:53
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Feathers McGraw
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Something that I'm wondering about.

The reheat thrust increase is only about 6,000 lb per engine, so why is the fuel flow increase so large for a less than 20% thrust increase? Proportionally I think I remember it being mentioned that the fuel flow about doubles.
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