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coa787 · June 22nd, 2008, 03:15

Okay, I see where you're going with this. What I was referring to was the turbofan jet engine that the F-16 has. I said it had five or six of them because I was being stupid.

When amd87 said "burners", he was referring to the F-16's one jet engine.

The "engines" that you're talking about are the other systems that provide power to various systems on the F-16, such as the EPU that you mentioned, which uses a gas turbine powered by the engine bleed air or by hot gases generated by decomposition of hydrazine, which then drives the emergency electricity generator and the emergency hydraulic pump.

So you see where one could get confused.

June 22nd, 2008, 03:15	#17
coa787 Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lakewood, Ohio Posts: 1,819	Re: F-18 fly by. Okay, I see where you're going with this. What I was referring to was the turbofan jet engine that the F-16 has. I said it had five or six of them because I was being stupid. When amd87 said "burners", he was referring to the F-16's one jet engine. The "engines" that you're talking about are the other systems that provide power to various systems on the F-16, such as the EPU that you mentioned, which uses a gas turbine powered by the engine bleed air or by hot gases generated by decomposition of hydrazine, which then drives the emergency electricity generator and the emergency hydraulic pump. So you see where one could get confused.