Blue afterburner?
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Blue afterburner?
One question for all russian hardware specialists. How come russian suhoi fighters have blue flame afterburner compared to all other fighters which have ornge flames shooting out the back.
Is it better burning, higher air/fuel ratios, different introduction fuel to air?
Is it better burning, higher air/fuel ratios, different introduction fuel to air?
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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/384526...ssian_version/
... just like they do in america... raptor powerplant
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I'm going to look really stupid now....
But isn't the reheat blue while stationary or just starting the take off run because there is a limited amount of cold air being sucked in while on the ground... whereas in the air, cold air is literally forced in rapidly which could in effect cool down the burner slightly to make it an orange colour as you see it when it's airborne and whizzing about the sky.
But isn't the reheat blue while stationary or just starting the take off run because there is a limited amount of cold air being sucked in while on the ground... whereas in the air, cold air is literally forced in rapidly which could in effect cool down the burner slightly to make it an orange colour as you see it when it's airborne and whizzing about the sky.
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In flight photo:
Thank you guys. Blue flame is in deed higher temperature. I'm guessing its better fuel introduction and more air left out from main combustion chamber.
Thank you guys. Blue flame is in deed higher temperature. I'm guessing its better fuel introduction and more air left out from main combustion chamber.
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Seeing the picture of the F3 doing a ground run in full reheat, I'm reminded of a story I heard years ago about a Lightning doing a ground run back in the 60's that ended up getting airbourne with one of the ground crew in the hot seat.
Any truth?
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It was at Lyneham when it had 33MU (who serviced Lightnings) based there.
W/Cdr Walter Holden, whilst carrying out engines runs to trace a fault in XM135, found himself in full reheat running allong a runway at Lynham. Forced to lift it off the ground, without canopy or flying equipment (to avoid a fuel tanker I think), he managed to put it down after four attempts, with only minor damage to the tail.
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The 'colour' also depends when the photo is taken. In the image below the top burner has just been lit. Raw fuel v fuel/air?
http://s178.photobucket.com/albums/w..._0666_2030.jpg
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Not all Sukhoi Flanker variants have blue burners.... this one is airborne with orange burners
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...es/su30_01.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...es/su30_01.jpg
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possible (and boring) answer is to cast your minds back to the Bunsen burner flame: blue = hottest due to max amount of air being admitted through the air inlet/collar and complete combustion occurring whereas yellow indicates least efficient/insufficient oxygen to burn the gas
I think you'll find it's largely a photographic artifact concerning when and how you shoot them. At night they almost always look blue or blue-pink, but it's not very luminous and generally invisible in daylight. Also they tend to be blue when they're just starting up and the fuel/air mix is very lean. Video cameras tend to see it whiter than stills cameras since they tend to have less IR filtering on the sensors.
Must admit, I'm never quite sure why it's useful to be throwing all that flame out the back, since if it's burning outside the engine it surely can't be all that propulsively useful.
Phil
Must admit, I'm never quite sure why it's useful to be throwing all that flame out the back, since if it's burning outside the engine it surely can't be all that propulsively useful.
Phil