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Article #3711Re: Answer to 104%/109% Thrust Quest.
From: Philip R. Forrest
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:58
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:58
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In article 4032@phred.UUCP, petej@phred.UUCP (Peter Jarvis) writes: >In article <1992Nov12.231120.4271@news.duc.auburn.edu> forrepr@eng.auburn.edu writes: >> >>Here's another trivium...Why do Shuttle Flight Rules state >>that an engine may be throttled to 109% ONLY if the other >>two engines are down ? >> >For obvious reasons. The only engine left would need max thrust to get >at least an AOA or TAL abort. > >Peter Jarvis.......... I see now why I'm not a linguist. What I meant with the above question is why aren't all three SSMEs throttled to 109% nominally ?? i.e. - off the pad and through MECO (with the exception of Max Q throttle-down) --- Phil Forrest - Ascent FDO wanna be Auburn University Mechanical Engineering Auburn, AL
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Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ornl!rsg1.er.usgs.gov!darwin.sura.net!news.duc.auburn.edu!lab3!forrepr From: forrepr@eng.auburn.edu (Philip R. Forrest) Subject: Re: Answer to 104%/109% Thrust Quest. Message-ID: <1992Nov19.175804.29085@news.duc.auburn.edu> Sender: usenet@news.duc.auburn.edu (News Account) Nntp-Posting-Host: lab3.eng.auburn.edu Reply-To: forrepr@eng.auburn.edu Organization: Auburn University Engineering References: <4032@phred.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:58:04 GMT Lines: 24