[TheForge] Re: Natural gas burner? OT by now

[Darrell]

Are you trying to tell me that an F16 would burn 70 tons of fuel in a two 
hour flight?
I think your numbers are off.
Darrell

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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Natural gas burner? OT by now


> At maximum power (reheat) the F-16 consumes about 146 gallons per minute, 
> not 28.  Thirsty little devils.
>
> Grover Richardson wrote:
>> There was actually serious talk about constructing a battery powered 
>> tank.
>> Stupid.  In war, it is necessary to be able to get out of Dodge, fast.
>> Anything else will cost lives.  With all the stuff that they cram into 
>> the
>> F-16, I'm not surprised that it gets that kind of mileage<G>.
>>
>>
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>>>*>May 14, 2006
>>>*>Military Plans Tests in Search for an Alternative to Oil-Based Fuel
>>>*>
>>>*>By THOM SHANKER
>>>*>WASHINGTON, May 13 - When an F-16 lights up its afterburners, it 
>>>*>consumes nearly 28 gallons of fuel per minute.
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