I daresay that's one reason WHY the BUFFs had eight engines in the first place.
Like the old joke with the B-52 and the F-4 Phantom: "I just shut down two engines. Let's see you do THAT!" -MMM- On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:12 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I'm guessing with 3/4 power your takeoff abilities might be limited, but > unless you're fleeing from something that's trying to kill you the loss of > power doesn't make any difference once you're at altitude. > > Mitch. > > > On January 8, 2017 at 8:55 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > One advantage of the original design with 8 lil (now) engines in place > > of 2 or 4 biguns. Loose 1/2 power, you have a problem. Loose 1/4 > > power, you may or may not have a problem. > > > > > WILTON via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > January 8, 2017 at 7:12 PM > > > No real problem at all flying B-52, especially an H model, with six or > > > seven engines. > > > Somebody said that it had to "glide" to a landing after losing the > > > engine. I doubt there was much gliding involved. Why glide with 6 or > > > 7 good engines still capable of producing 17 klbs thrust each? > > > > > > Wilton > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
